Fall in Blatten: This Is How the Lötschental Fights for Tourism

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A mountain fall has destroyed Blatten – now the Lötschental fights with creative ideas for the tourist future.

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A massive fragment of the Birch glacier in the Swiss Alps broke down with violence. Ten million cubic metres of ice and land buried 90% of the Villa de Blatten in Valais. The collapse was so brutal that it generated a seismic signal similar to a magnitude earthquake 3.1. The Lonza River was blocked and raised its level to 80 centimeters per hour. Fortunately, the authorities had evacuated the 300 inhabitants and their cattle after detecting crac…

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watson/david indumiThe rubble cone, which has buried numerous fates among itself, can already be seen from afar at the entrance to the Lötschental. Within a very short time, on 28 May 2025, the home and work of many generations was wiped out by the mountain fall of nature. Sheets and parts of the valley were completely taken by the scree and ice. Financial resources were immediately made available by the federal government and by donations.