Overview

• The crisis management team warns that up to 2.2 million cubic meters of unstable rock could slide toward Brienz and the Albula valley.
• Movement of the rock mass has intensified since heavy May rainfall and Whitsun storms, raising the likelihood of a collapse in the coming weeks.
• Computer simulations show falling debris could sweep across a 700 meter run-out zone encompassing the village and the Rhätische Bahn Albula line.
• Around 80 residents remain banned from returning to Brienz after its initial evacuation in 2023 following a 1.2 million cubic meter slide.
• A late-May avalanche in Blatten dumped an estimated 9 million cubic meters of ice and debris, highlighting rising permafrost thaw risks in the Alps.