by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 19, 2016
Avalanche detection Gonda After large snowfalls, authorities often rely on artificial avalanche triggering to ensure the safety of transportation routes and ski runs. Avalanche towers and blasting cableways offer distinct advantages: remote control triggering allows...
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 19, 2016
Trift glacier monitoring Challenge In the past decades, the Trift Glacier in the Bernese Oberland between the Gadmen and Hasli valleys has seen a significant retreat, and a large proglacial lake has formed at an altitude of 1,650 m a.s.l. since the year 2000....
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 18, 2016
Debris flow monitoring Spreitgraben Situation Thawing permafrost was held responsible for several rock fall events that initiated in the north face of the Ritzlihorn (3263 m asl) in the Bernese Oberland in 2009. Up until 2011, large debris flows followed every summer...
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 18, 2016
Val Parghera landslide monitoring Challenge In April 2013, snow melt and precipitation activated extensive terrain movements in the Parghera valley in the vicinity of Domat-Ems, in the Canton of Grisons. On April 19 authorities were forced to close the cantonal road...
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 18, 2016
Glacial lake monitoring in western China (Shaksgam-valley) Challenge Throughout the past ten years, glacial lake outbursts from the Kyagar Glacier in western China (Xinjiang province) have produced several devastating flood waves along the Keleqin/Yarkant Rivers,...
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