SwissGlaciers.org: Stories

Stories described a multi-year process or a single event.

		23.06.2020: Gamchi glacier: What next? Since 2010 we have visited the Gamchi Glacier at least once a year. In 2010, despite our knowledge of advancing global warming, we did not expect the Gamchi Glacier to lose so much ice by 2020. In this story we try to outline how the situation on the Gamchi Glacier could develop in the coming years. Published / Updated: 25.07.2023 / 24.07.2023
		25.04.2020: Ice and rock slides on the Stein glacier According to the Office for Natural Hazards of the Canton of Bern, three major rock and ice slides fell on the Steigletscher on 17.11.2019, 21.2.2020 and 25.4.2020. According to our information, no people were harmed. Published / Updated: 30.04.2020 / 23.09.2023
		14.09.2017: Story of Tiefen Glacier: Tongue has lost contact with the glacier The tongue of the Tiefen Glacier (Urserental, Furka area, Swiss alps) lost contact with the glacier in summer 2017. What remains is a quite large mass of dead ice, which will melt in the next few years. Published / Updated: 17.03.2018 / 20.03.2018
		07.08.2010: Story of the Fiescher Glacier (Grindelwald): Spectacular ice break-off At the Fiescher Glacier (Lower Grindelwald Glacier) we could observe a spectacular ice fall. Published / Updated: 17.03.2018 / 17.03.2018
		08.09.2017: Story of the Gamchi Glacier: Melting of an iceberg in just over two years This story shows how a mighty iceberg on the Gamchi glacier (Kiental, Bernese Oberland) has melted down almost completely in just over two years. Published / Updated: 21.01.2018 / 20.01.2018

Observations

Here we describe what we noticed about a glacier (incl. glacier forefield) on the day of our visit.

12.08.2025: Tiefen Glacier (Uri Alps) Published: 28.08.2028

08.08.2025: Chaltwasser Glacier (Valais Alps) Published: 23.08.2025

05.08.2025: Witenwasseren Glacier (Uri Alps, Switzerland) Published: 18.08.2025

18.07.2025: Oberaar Glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 26.07.2025

10.07.2025: Rhone Glacier (Valais / Uri Alps) Published: 16.07.2025

07.09.2024: Gamchi glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 23.09.2024

29.08.2024: Tiefengletscher (Uri Alps) Published: 14.09.2024

27.08.2024: Schwarzberg Glacier (Valais Alps) Published: 10.09.2024

23.08.2024: Blüemlisalp glacier, Fründehorn and Bütlassa (Bernese Alps) Published: 04.09.2024

23.08.2024: Doldenhorn glacier and the Spitz Stei landslide area Published: 31.08.2024

05.08.2024: Oberaar Glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 18.08.2024

29.07.2024: Rhone glacier (Valais / Uri Alps) Published: 02.08.2024

25.07.2024: Unteraar glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 09.08.2024

20.07.2024: Kanderfirn and Gasteretal (Bernese Alps) Published: 28.07.2024

18.07.2024: Gamchi glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 22.07.2024

29.09.2023: Sidelengletscher (Uri Alps) Published: 31.10.2023

26.09.2023: Rhone glacier (Western moraine, Valais / Uri Alps) Published: 13.10.2023

21.08.2023: Doldenhorn glacier and the Spitz Stei landslide area Published: 17.09.2023

21.08.2023: Blüemlisalp glacier, Fründehorn and Bütlassa (Bernese Alps) Published: 09.06.2023

18.08.2023: Stein glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 27.08.2023

11.08.2023: Gries glacier (Valais Alps) Published / Updated: 30.08.2023 / 14.09.2023

09.08.2023: Tiefen glacier (Tiefengletscher, Uri Alps) Published: 03.09.2023

17.07.2023: Oberaar glacier (Bernese Alps) Published / Updated: 31.07.2023 / 29.12.2023

07.07.2023: Rhone glacier (Valais / Uri Alps) Published / Updated: 09.07.2023 / 11.07.2023

03.07.2023: Kanderfirn Published: 19.07.2023

24.06.2023: Unteraar glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 30.06.2023

17.06.2023: Gamchi glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 25.07.2023

20.09.2022: Great Aletsch Glacier Published: 27.09.2022

19.09.2022: Fieschergletscher (Fieschertal, Bernese Alps) Published: 30.11.2022

25.08.2022: Gamchi glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 06.05.2023

11.08.2022: Kanderfirn and Gasteretal (Bernese Alps) Published: 06.09.2022

08.08.2022: Doldenhorn glacier and the Spitz Stei landslide area Published: 28.08.2022

08.08.2022: Blüemlisalp glacier, Fründenhorn and Bütlasse (Bernese Alps) Published: 02.09.2022

15.07.2022: Tiefengletscher (Uri Alps) Published: 03.01.2023

13.07.2022: Witenwasseren glacier (Uri Alps, Switzerland) Published: 27.07.2022

11.07.2022: Chaltwasser Glacier (Valais Alps) Published: 08.08.2022

08.07.2022: Rhone Glacier (Valais / Uri Alps) Published / Updated: 17.07.2022 / 11.07.2023

02.07.2022: Oberaar glacier Published: 09.07.2022

20.06.2022: Kanderfirn (Bernese Alps) Published: 24.06.2022

11.06.2022: Unteraar glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 28.06.2022

27.05.2022: Gamchi glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: -

10.07.2020: Rhone Glacier (Valais / Uri Alps) Published: 17.07.2020

04.07.2020: Field work Unteraar glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 18.03.2021

27.09.2019: Gamchi glacier (Bernese Alps) Published: 29.12.2019

26.08.2019: Witenwasseren glacier (Uri Alps, Switzerland) Published: 01.08.2021

09.08.2019: Grueben Glacier (Bernese alps) Published: 17.08.2019

04.08.2019: Tiefen glacier (Urner alps) Published: 09.08.2019

22.07.2019: Hohlicht glacier (Valais alps) Published: 31.07.2019

10.07.2019: Unteraar Glacier (Bernese alps) Published: 03.09.2019

05.07.2019: Rhone glacier (Valais / Uri alps) Published: 03.08.2019