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Cable Car at Glacier 3000, Switzerland, Remains Closed Following Last Week’s Evacuation

Glacier 3000

Last week, on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 10:55 a.m., the second section of the Glacier 3000 cable car in Switzerland came to an unexpected stop. The second section links the intermediate station at Cabane to the top station of the Scex Rouge at the Glacier 3000 ski resort near Les Diablerets, Switzerland. The 270 tourists inside the cable car […]

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Julia Schneemann | July 29, 2023
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270 Tourists Evacuated in Switzerland by Helicopter From Glacier 3000 Cable Car

Glacier 3000

270 tourists had to be rescued by helicopter from the top station of the gondola in the Glacier 3000 ski area near Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Around 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2023, the Glacier 3000 gondola got stuck mid-way to the summit, when electricity to the cable car seized to function. The cable car had to be whinged up to the […]

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Julia Schneemann | July 21, 2023
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European Heatwave Exposes Swiss Mountain Pass Covered in Ice Since Roman Times

Tsanfleuron Glacier

The Tsanfleuron Pass between Gstaad and Les Diablerets in Switzerland has been exposed for the first time in 2,000 years. The rocky pass was covered under thick ice measuring still 50ft (15m) as recently as 10 years ago. But the permafrost melt this year was about three times the 10-year average, after a below-average snowfall last winter and two heatwaves […]

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Julia Schneemann | September 14, 2022
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Construction Underway on Tunnel Through Mountain to Insane New Double Black Diamond Ski Run in Switzerland

Peak to Peak

Have you ever seen a fantastic slope that was entirely inaccessible and thought longingly: “If only I could get there, that run looks sick?” Well, dream no more, because that’s exactly what the billionaire owners of Glacier 3000 in Switzerland were thinking. Unlike you and me, they had the resources to dig an 870ft (265m) tunnel from the main resort to […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 26, 2022
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