Andermatt - Circuit of three Passes

 
A circuit ( round trip from Wassen) of the Susten, Grimsel and Furka passes offers a breathtaking experience, combining splendid Alpine scenery with the tremendous technical achievements of the road engineers.

The newest of the three roads, the boldly engineered Susten road (No 11), built between 1938 and 1946, runs up from Wassen through the wildly beautiful Meiental, goes over the Susten pass in a tunnel (2,224 m/7,297ft) just under the summit and descends the Gadmen valley, passing close to the Stein glacier, to Innertkirchen, where it leaves the magnificence of this high Alpine valley for a gentler landscape of pastureland and orchards.

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The Grimsel road (No 6), built in 1891-94, which links the Bernese Oberland with Upper Valais (the Upper Rhône valley) and the Furka, starts from Innertkirchen (626 m/2,054ft), in a beautiful setting of forest and Alpine meadows, and runs up the attractive Hasli valley.

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Sunset at Grimsel Pass.Sunset at Grimsel Pass.
The Furka Pass.The Furka Pass.
Track of the Rhone Glacier.Track of the Rhone Glacier.
Pile of stones near the ice cave on Furka Pass.Pile of stones near the ice cave on Furka Pass.
Footbridge inside the ice cave on Furka Pass.Footbridge inside the ice cave on Furka Pass.
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