Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms, 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the he
Gletsch with the Furka (left) and Grimsel roads (right)
Furka Pass is a 2,429 m high mountain pass in the southern Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri via the seasonal Furkapassroute. The Furka Oberalp Bahn bypasses the pass through the 1
Furkapass and hairpins of the Furkapassroute in Switzerland as seen from Grimselpassroute