Bodies of hikers who disappeared 3 decades ago in the Swiss Alps dsicovered after glacier melts
The bodies of two Belgian hikers who vanished over 30 years ago in the Swiss Alps have finally been found, according to authorities.
A hiker on the Trift Glacier, a valley in Switzerland, stumbled upon the human remains after a melting glacier exposed their corpses on July 26 — spurring a recovery operation, the regional police in Wallis canton said in a statement on Wednesday.
A DNA analysis revealed the bodies belonged to two mountaineers who were reported missing in the Weissmies mountain region in 1992, police said.
The men were both Belgian nationals, aged 39 and 41, when they disappeared roughly 34 years ago, cops added.
Their remains were taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Valais Hospital in Sion for identification.

Climate change has accelerated the melting of glaciers, and as a result the remains of hikers trapped in ice being unearthed is becoming more common, CBS reported.
“As glaciers retreat, it is becoming increasingly common for the remains of people who disappeared in the mountains several decades ago to emerge,” police wrote in a statement.
In 2023, Swiss police said the remains of a German hiker who disappeared nearly four decades ago were found in the Theodul Glacier in the southern Alps also due to a melting glacier.