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

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

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4.8

(20)

105

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

03:13

9.13km

310m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 6.06 km for 337 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

22 m

Furkablick Restaurant

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The nostalgic Furkablick restaurant has a lovely terrace from which you can look out over the valley below. It used to be a hotel, but today it's just a restaurant: furkablick.ch

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2

3.13 km

View of the Rhone Glacier

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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 …

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3

3.70 km

Hotel-Restaurant Belvédère Furka Pass

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Wonderful old hotel building that is unfortunately closed, but with a gigantic view. The hotel is right on the curve of the pass road. Greetings from James Bond.

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4

4.25 km

Source of the Rhône

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The Rhone rises in the Swiss canton of Valais at the end of the Rhone Glacier from a recently formed glacial lake.

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5

4.62 km

Rhone Glacier Ice Cave

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Admission adults 9 CHF and children up to 16 years 6 CHF.

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6

5.18 km

Rhone Glacier

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The glacier has melted a lot in recent years.

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7

5.42 km

Hotel Belvédère (Glacier Restaurant Belvédère)

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8

6.27 km

Sasso da Pigna Fortress

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Impressive bunker system. Further up there is an older facility

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9.13 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.40 km

1.70 km

1.50 km

333 m

185 m

Surfaces

4.78 km

1.99 km

1.07 km

527 m

475 m

242 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (2,450 m)

Lowest point (2,220 m)

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