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...
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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...
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glacier retreat". Reuters.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024. "Hotel Belvédère in Gletsch bleibt geschlossen" (in German). Retrieved July 1, 2015. Esthy Rüdiger...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(2016) Highest elevation 3,630 m (11,910 ft) Lowest elevation 2,200 m (7,200 ft) Terminus Rotten (local name for Rhône) above Gletsch Status Retreating...
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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 At a ceremony to be held on 12 August 2010, the rest of the superseded...
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approximately 2,208 metres (7,244 ft). From there it flows southwest through Gletsch and the Goms, the uppermost valley region of the Valais before Brig. In...
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