Three Passes - Grimsel, Furka & Susten
Today we decided an explore was in order. The recommendations from family and friends are very welcome. We returned with two hundred and eleven photos across three cameras which I have now reduced to forty six. Not a small job with editing to be done also. The advantage of the blog is at least I do it!
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Chapels are dotted across the landscape, Grafschaft, Valais, Switzerland |
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Obviously house design is strictly controlled as is urban sprawl
which does make for beautiful landscape. |
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T bar ski tow beside the village in the snap below.
Tows are everywhere, this one would be a lovely family one |
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Village beside the tow, Münster, Valais, Switzerland |
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Airfield at Obergoms. All the fields are mown, the grass removed for barn animals |
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Starting up the Grimsel Pass, you can see the road zig-zagging up |
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Up the Grimsal pass looking toward the Furka Pass |
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Hydro lake at the top |
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Grimsel Pass |
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Freshly sprayed white lines, focuses driving |
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Super hot day, about 24ºC up here but still didn't feel like swimming |
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Down Grimsel |
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Obviously loads of snow up here usually |
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Starting up Furka Pass |
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Beautiful hotels dot the landscape |
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Looking down from Furka Pass, Grimsel Pass on the right |
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Couldn't walk up this path as large chunks of snow/ice were overhanging |
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Hotel at the top of Furka Pass |
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Resturaunt at the top of Furka Pass |
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Grimsel Pass on the right |
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Heading on down the other side from Furka Pass |
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Stopped here for an explore |
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Walked up a bit expecting a tarn.... |
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... and it opened up to this .... |
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... and this |
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Many of the hotels don't look like they are doing particularly well |
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Realp |
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The roads are a feat of engineering. Came through the covered section to the right first |
Mid summer and virtually no traffic today - wonderful
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