Rhonegletscher: Growth of the proglacial lake, glacier recession by 2023The proglacial lake in front of Rhonegletscher continues to grow. At the same time, only small parts of the ice cave can be used for tourists. Parts of the reflective ice cover have been washed into the lake, some of the remains are being collected for removal. | |||
 Emergence of the proglacial lake: images from 2004, 2016, 2023. |  Aerial photo from the south (11.7.2023). |  Waterfall below the proglacial lake in front of Rhonegletscher (11.7.2023). |  Aerial photo of the tongue of Rhonegletscher and the proglacial lake, looking south. Note collapse structure in the foreground (9.7.2023). |
 Aerial photo of the tongue of Rhonegletscher and the proglacial lake, looking south. Note lateral moraines and trimlines from the Little Ice Age on both sides of the glacier (9.7.2023). |  Aerial photo looking north. Note lateral moraine and trimline from the Little Ice Age on the left (11.7.2023). |  Collapse structure in the lowest part of the glacier tongue.(9.7.2023). |  A person (bottom centre) is collecting reflective covers near the former ice cave (9.7.2023). |
 Repeat photo from the true left lateral LIttle Ice Age moraine looking upglacier, photos from around 1880 (ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Charnaux, Frères / Hs_1458-GK-B001-1880-0001 / Public Domain Mark) and 9.7.2023. |  Panorama photo of the new proglacial lake in front of Rhonegletscher in 2016 and 2023. | ||
| Photos Jürg Alean | |||