Vadret da Morteratsch 2024Recession of Vadret da Morteratsch continues unabated. Since the beginning of measurements in 1878, the length change has now exceeded 3 km (GLAMOS (2024). Swiss Glacier Length Change, release 2024, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, doi:10.18750/lengthchange.2024.r2024). In 2024, a network of smaller proglacial meltwater lakes and streams was present in front of the glacier tongue, as well as a large glacier portal and dry calving on the eastern side. | |||
 Drone panorama of Vadret da Morteratsch tongue with Piz Palü (top centre) and Piz Bernina (top right). Vadret Pers is no longer visible despite the elevated camera position. |  Glacier portal, dry calving, and drainage network at the front of Vadret da Morteratsch; drone photo taken from a height of about 100 metres. |  Glacier portal and dry calving at the front of the Vadret da Morteratsch; drone photo from a low altitude. |  Dry calving at the front of Vadret da Morteratsch, terrestrial panorama. |
 Overview of the terminal area of Vadret da Morteratsch shortly after local sunrise. |  Ice formation on the proglacial meltwater lake in front of Vadret da Morteratsch. |  Dry calving and glaciofluvial sediments in front of the tongue of Vadret da Morteratsch. Note the sand ripples in the proglacial lake. |  View from the glacier surface towards the glacier portal on the eastern side of the tongue. Two people are on the roche moutonnée. |
 Vertical aerial mosaic of the glacier front and the drainage network of Vadret da Morteratsch. |  Panorama of the eastern side of the glacier front with the glacier portal (far left), roche moutonnée (left), dry calving (centre), and the gently sloping glacier section (right). |  Panorama of the western side of the glacier front with braided channels of the western meltwater stream. |  Fossilised larch wood in the terminal moraine in front of the western side of Vadret da Morteratsch. |
| All photos 20. September 2024 Jürg Alean. | |||