A flood of scale as in Nepal is hardly conceivable in the Alps – but rock and glacier falls and other dangers are also increasing there. What hikers should pay attention to and when reversals are wiseWhere glaciers melt and permafrost is thawing, the mountains change. Sometimes also quite suddenly, with sometimes catastrophic consequences as in the fall flood recently in Nepal. Is this also conceivable in the Alps? What new risks do touring enth…
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A flood of scale as in Nepal is hardly conceivable in the Alps – but rock and glacier falls and other dangers are also increasing there. What hikers should pay attention to and when reversals are wiseWhere glaciers melt and permafrost is thawing, the mountains change. Sometimes also quite suddenly, with sometimes catastrophic consequences as in the fall flood recently in Nepal. Is this also conceivable in the Alps? What new risks do touring enth…