Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
Over the past week, rock slides have loaded a glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten with a large overburden of rock debris, destabilizing the glacier under the weight. A larger mass of rock adjacent to the rock slides has also shifted, indicating large-scale instability that could send a huge volume of rock and ice into the valley below, threatening the village of Blatten. This video talks about where the slide is happening, why it is happening, and how glacially-sculpted landscapes can be quite unstable.
Over the past week, rock slides have loaded a glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten with a large overburden of rock debris, destabilizing the glacier under the weight. A larger mass of rock adjacent to the rock slides has also shifted, indicating large-scale instability that could send a huge volume of rock and ice into the valley below, threatening the village of Blatten. This video talks about where the slide is happening, why it is happening, and how glacially-sculpted landscapes can be quite unstable.
