Blatten

Blatten lies along the Lonza River in the Lötschental, a narrow Alpine valley enclosed by steep slopes beneath the Bernese Alps. This Valais community was long known for its timber houses and for the Lötschental’s Tschäggättä: carved wooden masks associated with the local carnival tradition. Its setting below the Birch Glacier also shows how closely settlement and high-mountain terrain meet here. In May 2025, a rock-and-ice avalanche linked to the collapsing glacier buried much of Blatten after residents had been evacuated, profoundly altering the village and valley floor. Find related webcams around the Lötschental to build a fuller picture of this Valais valley.

Generated by AI