Grimsel Road

The Grimsel road proper, which begins at Guttanen, follows a fairly straight and gentle course up the valley for a kilometer or so, begins to climb more steeply through the forest and crosses the river on the Tschingel bridge (1,140 m/3,740ft). It then passes rugged black crags and massive accumulations of debris which bear witness to the violence of the avalanches and the rushing torrents, returns by the Schwarzbrunnen bridge to the left bank (1,217 m/3,993ft) and continues around the rocky bulk of the Stäubender. The compensation reservoir of the Handegg I hydro-electric station is passed on the left (1,309 m/4,295ft).