A victim of climate change - Due to its location, the medium-sized Steingletscher is one of the better-known ice streams in the Swiss Alps. Its once shapely and easily accessible glacier tongue, with textbook glacial end lake, has defied climate change longer than most. In recent years, however, the end of the glacier has literally collapsed and retreated over several rock steps into impassable terrain. The former glacier tongue has almost completely melted away.

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September 26, 2022

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The lake, cloudy from glacial milk, was only created in the 1950s when the Steingletscher retreated. Around 1995 the glacier tongue lost contact with water.

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1. Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake) – Steinalp Glacier Trail loop from Sustenpass

4.42km

01:48

230m

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake) – View of the Steingletscher loop from Fäld

10.6km

04:14

540m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. View of the Steingletscher – Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake) loop from Büel

7.37km

03:12

460m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Elevation 1,940 m

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Sunday 25 January

-6°C

-9°C

51 %

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Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Location: Gadmen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland

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Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake)

1. Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake) – Steinalp Glacier Trail loop from Sustenpass

2. Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake) – View of the Steingletscher loop from Fäld

3. View of the Steingletscher – Steinsee (Steingletscher Lake) loop from Büel

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