Glärnischfirn

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The Glärnischfirn (sometimes also Glärnisch Glacier ) is a 2 km long and up to 1 km wide glacier in the Schwyz Alps in the Swiss canton of Glarus .

The glacier is located on the northwest side of the Glärnisch massif (also Glärnisch group ) between 2300 and 2800 meters and runs slightly progressively uphill from west to east.

The normal route to most of the Glärnisch peaks (e.g. the Vrenelisgärtli ) leads over the firn to its eastern end with the Schwandengrat. On this eastern edge it goes 2000 meters almost vertically down to the Klöntalersee .

In recent years the glacier has lost massive amounts of volume and the tongue has already retreated quite a bit.

On the southeast side of the Glärnisch there are two smaller glaciers, the Bächifirn and the Guppenfirn, neither of which are connected to the Glärnischfirn.

location

Glärnischfirn (Schwyz Alps)
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Location of the glacier in the mountain range.

According to the classification of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC), the Glärnisch massif is located in the Glarner Alps .

photos

  • The Glärnischfirn from the air, October 3, 2010

  • The tongue of the Glärnischfirn 2007

  • Mountaineers on the glacier 2007

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Location in maps of Switzerland (SwissTopo)
  2. ^ A b Ernst Höhne: Knaur's Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Matterhorn and Lake Constance . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26223-1 , p. 120 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 11 "  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 35"  E ; CH1903:  718.2 thousand  /  206949