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Rhone Glacier
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Volker Rump 🌲〽️
July 30, 2021
Mountaineering
The glacier has melted a lot in recent years.
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•THE ROAD IS PINK ( PINKI )
October 27, 2018
Road cycling
The Rhone glacier is a valley glacier in the headwaters of the Rhone in the extreme northeast of the canton of Valais in the central Alps of Switzerland. It is almost eight kilometers long, has an average width of about two kilometers and covers an area of about 16 square kilometers. Wikipedia
Length: 7.8 km (2011)
Location: Canton Valais, Switzerland
Ice thickness: max. 350 m
Mountains: Uri Alps
Length: 7.8 km (2011)
Location: Canton Valais, Switzerland
Ice thickness: max. 350 m
Mountains: Uri Alps
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•Patrick Göser
September 2, 2022
Mountaineering
Important note for Rhone glaciers !!!
"Very dynamic situation on the glacier tongue of the Rhone Glacier. On July 20/21 it came to
Collapse of a water-filled cavity in the …
"Very dynamic situation on the glacier tongue of the Rhone Glacier. On July 20/21 it came to
Collapse of a water-filled cavity in the …
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Elevation 2,260 m
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