292. Passed

Three Passes - Grimsel, Furka & Susten

Recommendation from brother Douglas:
The totally amazing 3-passes drive from Zermatt to Grindelwald. Perhaps not one for the caravan!

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!

Chapels are dotted across the landscape, ‎⁨Grafschaft⁩, ⁨Valais⁩, ⁨Switzerland⁩

Obviously house design is strictly controlled as is urban sprawl
which does make for beautiful landscape.

T bar ski tow beside the village in the snap below.
Tows are everywhere, this one would be a lovely family one 

Village beside the tow, ‎⁨Münster⁩, ⁨Valais⁩, ⁨Switzerland⁩

Airfield at Obergoms⁩. All the fields are mown, the grass removed for barn animals

Starting up the Grimsel Pass, you can see the road zig-zagging up

Up the Grimsal pass looking toward the Furka Pass

Hydro lake at the top

Grimsel Pass

Freshly sprayed white lines, focuses driving

Super hot day, about 24ºC up here but still didn't feel like swimming 

Down Grimsel

Obviously loads of snow up here usually

Starting up Furka Pass

Beautiful hotels dot the landscape

Looking down from Furka Pass, Grimsel Pass on the right 

Couldn't walk up this path as large chunks of snow/ice were overhanging

Hotel at the top of Furka Pass

Resturaunt at the top of Furka Pass 

Grimsel Pass on the right

Heading on down the other side from Furka Pass

Stopped here for an explore

Walked up a bit expecting a tarn....

... and it opened up to this ....

... and this

Many of the hotels don't look like they are doing particularly well

Realp

The roads are a feat of engineering. Came through the covered section to the right first

Mid summer and virtually no traffic today - wonderful