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02-01.-2008, 06:12 AM
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Tour of the Alps 2007
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06-01.-2008, 10:52 PM
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Re: Tour of the Alps 2007
In article <477a9e9e$0$36405$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
<jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: <snip> 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? |
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07-01.-2008, 01:36 AM
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Re: Tour of the Alps 2007
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...004/Gletsch.jpg Jobst Brandt |
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07-01.-2008, 09:17 PM
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Re: Tour of the Alps 2007
On Jan 6, 4:36 pm, jobst.bra...@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> http://www.trentobike.org/Countries...s/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 Pisa |
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