Vadrec del FornoLength 1973: 6.15km; length 2011: 5.4km; orientation: North; surface area 1973: 8.72 square kilometres. Since 2000 annual recession was between 21 and 44 metres. |
Evening view of Vadrec del Forno. The steep ascent to the Forno hut is over the rocks (equipped with ladders) on the extreme upper left corner. | Vadrec del Forno from Forno hut in moonlight (night view). Note iridescent colours in the altocumulus clouds on the lower left of the moon. | Intensive folding of the foliation on Vadrec del Forno; telephoto view from Forno hut (before sunrise). | Middle moraine and longitudinal foliation on Vadrec del Forno. On the upper left is Cima di Rosso (3366m). |
Torrone Centrale (3290m) and its famous rock needle; note oblique granite slab in the foreground. | Large slab of granite melting out of the ice and leaning more and more towards the right. | Ladybird on a small piece of granite on the tongue of Vadrec del Forno. | Massive glacier table on the tongue of Vadrec del Forno. |
Air bubbles in a cryoconite hole which froze over during the previous night. | Even bigger air bubbles... | Ice crystals in a cryoconite hole. | Heart-shaped air bubble in a cryoconite hole. |
Foliation controls a meltwater stream on Vadrec del Forno. | Panorama of the tongue of Vadrec del Forno and its forefield (wide photo!). | In the afternoon discharge from Vadrec del Forno increases considerably. | Michael Hambrey (left) and Jürg Alean on a glacier table of Vadrec del Forno. |
Photos 13. and 14. August 2011, Jürg Alean |