Furka Pass (German: Furkapass; French: Col de la Furka) is a 2,429 m (7,969 ft) 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 1,390 m (4,560 ft) high Furka Base Tunnel, which opened in 1982 to replace the seasonal Furka Summit Tunnel tunnel at 2,160 metres (7,090 ft).
The Furka Pass was used as a location in the James Bond film Goldfinger, a curve of which is marked as "James Bond Strasse", complete with lookout point and small parking area. Near the western summit of the pass is the Hotel Belvédère; a short walk from it leads to the Rhône Glacier Ice Grotto. The glacier moves 30–40 meters a year, and the 100 meter long tunnel and ice chamber can be visited from June when the road opens.
FurkaPass (German: Furkapass; French: Col de la Furka) is a 2,429 m (7,969 ft) high mountain pass in the southern Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais...
Brig-Furka-Disentis Bahn (BFD) in 1914. Trains could go as far as Gletsch, starting from Brig. Construction of the second part over the FurkaPass and...
such as the 15.4 km-long (9.6 mi) Furka Tunnel at an elevation of 1,500 m (4,900 ft), which circumvents the FurkaPass — makes an intermediate stop at Andermatt...
railway which operates a partially rack and pinion-operated line across the FurkaPass, between Realp in Uri and Oberwald in Valais. Culminating at 2,160 metres...
three Alpine passes: the Oberalp Pass (6,706 ft; 2,044 m.) to the east, the St Gotthard Pass (6,909 ft; 2,106 m.) to the south and the FurkaPass (7,992 ft;...
upper valley of the Rhône, the Obergoms. Here connection is made with the FurkaPass, connecting with the canton of Uri, as well as the lower level route down...
through an amalgamation of Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ). The name comes from the Matterhorn and St. Gotthard Pass. Its network is 144 km...
(Michigan, USA) The Belvedere Hotel (Dublin) (Ireland) Hotel Belvédère, FurkaPass (Switzerland) Belvedere (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
(Brünig Pass connects to the Aare basin) Muota Schächental, Klausen Pass connects to Glarus Urseren Susten Pass connects to the Gadmertal FurkaPass connects...
Ferret – Italy/Switzerland Flexen Pass – Austria Flüela Pass – Switzerland Col du Fréjus – Italy/France FurkaPass – Switzerland Col du Galibier – France...
and Leventina. The region of Andermatt lies at the foot of the Furka and Oberalp Passes connecting the Rhone and Rhine Valleys thus making the Gotthard...
Pass, the Reschen Pass, the Brenner Pass, the Plöcken Pass, the Pontebba Pass (or Saifnitz Pass), the Radstädter Tauern Pass and the Solkscharte Pass...
Oberalp pass road, frequent car shuttle trains via the Oberalp Pass to Sedrun. Old station building Trains portal Switzerland portal FurkaPass Car shuttle...
The Furka Base Tunnel is a Swiss railway base tunnel on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn's Furka–Oberalp line, an east–west railway connecting the cantons...
eastern terminus of the Furka Steam Railway, a heritage railway that operates over the FurkaPass route. Regular service through the Furka Base Tunnel uses Realp...
former Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) was a metre-gauge railway in the high southern alps. Its name referred to two passes, the FurkaPass and the Oberalp Pass. The...
mountains, passing three major mountain passes, the Gotthard Pass, the FurkaPass and the Grimsel Pass, with Furka as the highest reaching 2,436 meters above...
Gletsch lies at the crossroads of the Grimsel Pass (leading to the Bernese Oberland) and the FurkaPass (leading to Andermatt, the central Swiss transport...
classification, riders must adhere to the principles of being self-supported and also pass each of the checkpoints before it officially closes, which requires riding...
Grimsel Pass at its southeastern corner connecting with the Goms in the Upper Valais, and Andermatt in canton of Uri (UR) via the FurkaPass. And its...
toward FurkaPass. First, he bombarded the Russians with his two cannons and one howitzer before abandoning the guns and setting out for the Furka. Suvorov...
Furkahorn (3,026 m) is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking the FurkaPass on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri. It lies near...
Inauguration of the line crossing the Simplon Pass. 1921: Grimsel Pass, FurkaPass, San Bernardino Pass, and Oberalp Pass are open to traffic. 1923: A three-tone...
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