Gletsch with the Furka (left) and Grimsel roads (right)
Gletsch (German pronunciation:[ˈɡlɛtʃ]; 1,757 m (5,764 ft)) is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms ('Upper Goms'), 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. It is called Gletsch (some short of Gletscher, the German term for glacier), since the first building was the predecessor of the Hôtel Glacier du Rhône (c. 1860) built more or less just next to the glacier's mouth in 1830.
It belongs to the municipality of Obergoms.
Gletsch lies at the crossroads of the Grimsel Pass (leading to the Bernese Oberland) and the Furka Pass (leading to Andermatt, the central Swiss transport cross, and eventually either to Central Switzerland, or the Grisonian Surselva, or the Ticino). The Gletsch railway station is operated by the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway.
Gletsch (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlɛtʃ]; 1,757 m (5,764 ft)) is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone...
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...
Gletsch railway station is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway station serving the village of Gletsch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland...
Sea. A paved road follows the pass, running 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Gletsch to Meiringen. The road is normally closed between October and May, due...
Express. The new train's name honoured the Rhone Glacier, which is near Gletsch, on the Furka Pass. Until 1982, the Glacier Express operated only in the...
further extended, through the Furka Summit Tunnel and Muttbach-Belvédère to Gletsch. At a ceremony to be held on 12 August 2010, the rest of the superseded...
Furka Base Tunnel in 1982. The portion of the DFB between Oberwald and Gletsch was formally reopened that day, following the driving of a gold spike at...
company Brig-Furka-Disentis Bahn (BFD) in 1914. Trains could go as far as Gletsch, starting from Brig. Construction of the second part over the Furka Pass...
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13.009338 (Hochwurtenspeicher) 2,429 m Furkapass Alps Switzerland pass Gletsch, Valais and Realp, Canton of Uri Used as a location in the James Bond film...
the DFB was extended from its then temporary terminus at Furka to Gletsch, via the Summit Tunnel, which was simultaneously reopened, and Muttbach-Belvédère...
continues up the valley of the Rhone to Gletsch, at 1,757 m (5,764 ft) and Belvedere, at 2,271 m (7,451 ft). From Gletsch, the Grimsel Pass climbs to the north...
14 July 2000 (2000-07-14), the DFB was extended further, from Furka to Gletsch, via the Furka Summit Tunnel. Furka is the summit of the DFB line, as well...
Italy Furka 2,427 metres (7,963 ft) In the Valais (Pennine) Alps between Gletsch, Valais and Realp, Uri Flüela 2,383 metres (7,818 ft) In the canton of...
Finhaut VS special case Fontenelle (Bagnes) VS hamlet Geschinen VS village Gletsch (Oberwald) VS special case Gluringen VS village Goppisberg VS village Grand...
Ōdate serving the line. Furka Oberalp Railway opened stations Fiesch, Gletsch and Oberwald in Switzerland. While re-shooting scenes for the western Across...
Brig-Berne line was inaugurated, via the Lötschberg tunnel. In 1916, the Brig - Gletsch railway line was inaugurated, via the 1.8 km Furka summit tunnel; in 1926...
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