Aletsch Glacier - Wikipedia
The Aletsch Glacier is – like most glaciers in the world today – a retreating glacier. As of 2016, since 1980 it lost 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of its length, since 1870 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi), and lost also more than 300 metres (980 ft) of its thickness.
Aletsch Glacier Map - Valais, Switzerland - Mapcarta
The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km, a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais .
Hiking to see the Aletsch glacier: our practical guide (map ...
2024年8月31日 · The Aletsch glacier is located in the Upper Valais region, a little bit higher than the city of Brig in the Rhone valley. As you will see, there are many ways to get to the Aletsch glacier by car but mostly by public transportation. To give you a clearer picture of the place, here is a map of the Aletsch region:
Aletsch glacier - Google My Maps
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Aletsch Glacier Trek for Beginners - Swiss Family Fun
2020年6月23日 · You can drive or take a train to Fiesch, then a gondola to Fiescheralp where the hike to the glacier starts. You can meet your guide at the gondola station. Area overview. Here is the summer hiking map for Aletsch Arena, which includes three mountain areas, Riederalp, Bettermeralp, and Fiescheralp. We met our guide at Fiescheralp.
Great Aletsch Glacier - Aletsch Arena
At 20 kilometres in length, the Great Aletsch Glacier in Valais is a truly imposing sight. So it is not surprising that it is accorded a special honour: the Great Aletsch Glacier is the centrepiece and the defining element of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Aletsch Glacier: Everything You Need to Know - SwitzerLanding
2024年7月16日 · The Aletsch Glacier is so spectacular and unusual that it is listed as an Aletsch-Jungfrau UNESCO World Heritage Area. Hiking the glacier gives you the chance to not only walk on ice, but also soak up the ethereal ice shapes, pools of sparking water that shine like aquamarine gemstones, and pearl-white vistas that seem to go on forever.
The Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps: the best ways to visit it
2024年10月28日 · The Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier of Switzerland and even of the Alps. I explain how to get the best views: from mountaintops in the Jungfrau Region and the Valais, and during splendid hikes.
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