The ridge is located at an altitude of 2,800 meters and actually marks the border between the cantons of Vaud and Valais in western Switzerland.
Due to the heat wave, a mountain pass in Switzerland will melt completely in a few weeks. This was reported by The Guardian.
After a dry winter, the summer heat that hit Europe was a disaster for the Alpine glaciers, which were melting at an accelerated rate. The old glaciers of Scex Rouge and Tzanfleuron, probably covered with ice since Roman times, are melting, and by the end of summer they will be completely free of ice.
“In a few weeks the pass will be fully open,” said the owners of the resort.
It is known that in 2012 the thickness of the ice was about 15 meters, but by the end of September of this year, the ground under it will be completely exposed.
The mountain range is of great interest to tourists. Skiers can glide over the top from one glacier to another. But now a strip of rocks appeared between them, only the last little piece of ice remained.
It was previously reported that due to abnormally high temperatures, the glaciers of the Alps are on track for the greatest mass loss.
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