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Controversy Ensues About the Use of Heavy Machinery on Glacier at Zermatt, Switzerland

Disturbing pictures emerged in the last week of heavy machinery digging on the Theodul Glacier in the Matterhorn Ski Paradise, the cross-border ski resort between Zermatt, Switzerland, and Cervino, Italy. The diggers appear to be filling in crevasses on the glacier in order to get the ‘Gran Becca’ course ready for the first-ever FIS World Cup cross-border race. The race […]

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Julia Schneemann | October 20, 2023
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Second ‘Glacier Clean-Up Day’ at Pers Glacier near Diavolezza, Switzerland

On Thursday, August 17, 2023, 48 volunteers gathered on the Pers Glacier near the Diavolezza ski area, Switzerland, for the second annual clean-up day. Together with four mountain guides from the Mountaineering School Pontresina (‘Bergsteigerschule Pontresina’) and the Go Vertical Mountaineering School, the group collected a total of 250kg (552 pounds) of garbage from the glacier. The Pers Glacier is below […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 23, 2023
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