Tour of the Alps 2007

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In article <477a9e9e$0$36405$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
<jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:

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Thanks for the post, very enjoyable reading.

Recently my Mom visited her childhood home near the Dolomites after an
almost 40 year absence. She was startled to find that many peaks that
had remained snowbound in the summers of her childhood (immediately
after WWII) had now drastically diminished snowcaps, or none at all.

Over almost 50 years of touring the Alps have you noticed a similar
trend?

Luke Iragusa writes:

> Thanks for the post, very enjoyable reading.

> Recently my Mom visited her childhood home near the Dolomites after
> an almost 40 year absence. She was startled to find that many peaks
> that had remained snowbound in the summers of her childhood
> (immediately after WWII) had now drastically diminished snowcaps, or
> none at all.

> Over almost 50 years of touring the Alps have you noticed a similar
> trend?

I suppose the Rhone Glacier is my measure of that. The ice is now no
longer visible from below, only polished granite. I recall when the
face of the path was still covered with ice, on one picture of the
19th century it was down to the hotel in the valley.

http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/2004/Gletsch.jpg

Jobst Brandt

On Jan 6, 4:36 pm, jobst.bra...@stanfordalumni.org wrote:

> http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_A...

Wow!
That is the Hotel at Gletsch. I would have never recognised it, had
you not said it was the Rhone Glacier.

I know another place where the retreat of the glacier through the last
decades is well marked: the Morteratsch just up from Pontresina.

About the Dolomites, the only real glacier is the Marmolada one: still
holding to some extent. Nearby, on the Dolomiti di Sesto, there are
some minor ones, and very small indeed. Practically extinguished.

Sergio
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