The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, according to a local ski resort. The pass between Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron has been iced over since at least the Roman era. “The pass will be entirely in the open air in a few weeks,” the Glacier 3000 ski resort said in a statement. While the ice measured about 15 metres (5oft) thick in 2012, the ground underneath “will have completely resurfaced by the end of September”. But now a strip of rock between them has emerged, with just the last remaining bit of ice left.

Source: The Guardian August 12, 2022 02:50 UTC