“Despite the gentle blanket of snow covering everything, you could still feel the sheer force of what had happened in Blatten” (opens in new tab)

The rock avalanche of May 2025 didn’t just bury the village of Blatten – within seconds, it also fundamentally transformed the entire landscape. ETH Professor Martina Voser has been working with landscape architecture students to develop different visions for the future of the Lötschental. In this interview, she talks about courage, change and the sense of unease she felt among the rubble.