WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

Research 10.11.2025

Water causes rock to shift on the Matterhorn

SLF research on the Matterhorn shows how meltwater in permafrost can lead to rock slope instability – a consequence of climate change.

Research 06.11.2025

Climate change in the Alps: a potential threat

SLF researchers are investigating a wide range of climate change impacts in the Alps so that people there can prepare for them.

Research 20.10.2025

In the red zone

New model reveals snow trends according to altitude for the whole of Switzerland for the first time.

Research 30.09.2025

Plant laboratory 2,480 metres above sea level

How the SLF is investigating the long-term effects of global warming on Alpine flora.

Research for people and the environment in a changing world ¶

Services and products

07.11.2025

The Best of Swiss Apps jury has named White Risk, the SLF app for avalanche prevention, Master of Swiss Apps.

Services and products

03.11.2025

Forests, rockfalls and insects: researchers at WSL and SLF are modelling nature. How, why and for whom explains the new DIAGONAL.

Research

08.10.2025

A pump in the backpack supplies buried victims with breathing air – giving rescuers up to five times more time for the rescue.

Research

01.10.2025

The ice mass has decreased by a quarter over the last ten years, as shown by observations from the GLAMOS measurement network.

Institutional

25.09.2025

A talk by SLF head Jürg Schweizer looks back on over 30 years of avalanche research.

Logbook

18.09.2025

Three SLF employees are spending two months on the research vessel Polarstern to collect snow data in the Arctic ice. Part 3.

Our experts analyze the avalanche situation.

5 November 2025