Grimmelsee

From the Räterichsboden reservoir, the Grimsel Road climbs (to the right, below, a fine view of the Räterichsboden lake), and after two hairpin bends at the massive Seeuferegg dam, reaches the Grimselsee (1,909 m/6,263ft), a fjord-like lake extending for 5.5km/3mi to the Unteraar glacier (nature reserve). A road on the right (0.8km/0.5mi) leads by way of the Seeuferegg dam (325 m/1,155ft long, up to 42 m/138ft high) to the Grimsel hospice (hotel and restaurant, 1960 m/6,431ft on the Granite ridge of Nollen, with a view of the Spitallamm (258 m/846ft long, up to 114 m/374ft high) and a magnificent view over the lake of the Zinkenstock, the Finsteraarhorn and the Agassizhorn. There is a rewarding walk from the hotel (two-three hours) to the