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View of the Rhone Glacier

Natural Monuments

View of the Rhone Glacier

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View of the Rhone Glacier

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4.9

(94)

Cycling

5.0

(2)

Location: Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

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October 10, 2020

Hiking

If there is an entrance fee, it is definitely worth it. The glacier retreat is frightening. When I visited Gletsch for the first time in 1999, the tongue of the glacier could still be clearly seen from the valley (glacier). Now he has already withdrawn very far.

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August 31, 2020

Hiking

An ice grotto has been operated in the expiring tongue of the Rhone Glacier for 180 years in order to gain a glimpse into the interior of the "eternal" glacier …

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Alexander Fritsch

September 28, 2019

Hiking

Imposing glacier, where you can see how well he has gone back in recent years.

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Sasso da Pigna Fortress – View of the Rhone Glacier loop from Klein Furkahorn

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Elevation 2,430 m

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Location: Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

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