Bare rock is emerging between Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron glaciers as they melt at an accelerated rate
The pass between Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron has been iced over since at least the Roman era.
But as both glaciers have retreated, the bare rock of the ridge between the two is beginning to emerge – and will be completely ice-free before the summer is out. “The pass will be entirely in the open air in a few weeks,” the Glacier 3000 ski resort said in a statement. While the ice measured about 15 metres thick in 2012, the ground underneath “will have completely resurfaced by the end of September”.
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