BBC Looks at Future of Alpine Villages as Glaciers Melt
3rd August 2025
The collapse of a melting glacier triggered a huge landslide that buried the evacuated Swiss village of Blatten at the end of May. We reported on it at the time…
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The collapse of a melting glacier triggered a huge landslide that buried the evacuated Swiss village of Blatten at the end of May.
We reported on it at the time on PlanetSKI:
Now the BBC is examining what the future may hold.
‘Melting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages – is the steep cost to protect them worth it?’ is the headline as Imogen Foulkes looks in detail at the issue in an in-depth article on the BBC web site.
Here at PlanetSKI we looked at the issue and the future of Blatten one month to the day after the landslide.
Kitzbuhel in summer. Image © PlanetSKI
One Swiss village under threat is Brienz.
It is still forbidden to enter Brienz itself, that has been evacuated since last November.
However the situation in the surrounding areas have improved and roads that were threatened have been pronounced safe.
The ground has dried out and the authorities have lifted bans for cyclists and pedestrians on roads and hiking trails on Sunday.
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