by Aline Grötsch | Mar 7, 2019
Rockfall radar Brienz Challenge The Swiss village of Brienz is located on a sunny slope of the Albula valley amidst a large landslide area. The entire slope including village has been sliding very slowly downhill for many years, but in recent years the slide velocity...
by Aline Grötsch | Sep 18, 2018
Monitoring landslide Moosfluh Challenge Moosfluh is a large landslide area on the left edge of the Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier of the European Alps. On the north side of the landslide is the popular ski resort and village of Riederalp. Due to the steady...
by Aline Grötsch | Dec 17, 2017
Rock avalanche and debris flow alarm system Bondo The Bregaglia region at the Swiss-Italian border is widely known for its tall and steep faces of granite peaks such as the Pizzo Badile, Sciora and Cengalo. The picturesque area includes a number of villages and...
by Aline Grötsch | Feb 23, 2016
Digital protection net Ovella Challenge The new river power plant currently under construction between the Austrian and the Swiss border in the Lower Engadin Valley is the largest new power plant being built in the Alps in recent years...
by Aline Grötsch | Feb 18, 2016
Rockfall on the railway line in Gurtnellen Challenge The rock fall that buried parts of the Gotthard Railway Line of the Swiss Federal Railways took everyone by surprise, even though some smaller falls had been registered from a nearby site three months before. The...
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