Switzerland is one of the best countries in Europe to do a road trip. The grand tour takes you along many of Switzerland’s most scenic views and best attractions. One of the nicest parts is the road along the Furkapass from Andermatt to the Rhone Glacier down to the suspension Bridge in Goms. The serpet-like pass road takes you high up to the mountains, where you should consider a few stops to enjoy a great panorama. On the Furkapass itself, mostly you will be able to see the snowmountains, whose tips are still covered during summer. Just a few minutes further down you will arrive at the Rhone Glacier, where the main attraction of this trip awaits you. A few hundred meters from the parking lot lays the magical ice cave inside the Rhone Glacier. What is really amazing about this cave is that you will be standing inside natural ice! However, this wonderful attraction is under threat: Global warming has caused much harm to this glacier, which resulted in an ongoing loss of mass and retreat up to the mountains. Only 100 years ago, the glacier was 1000 meters longer! When I was a kid, the glacier still ranged above the edge, but now in 2019, the glacier is receeded much higher up, leaving behind a lake that should not exist. Thanks to modern technology, parts of the glacier, where the cave is craved into, are covered with UV absorbing blankets, that reduced the melting of the ice by 70%. When visiting this place, it is a good moment to reflect our own behavior and make us think, what we all can do to prevent global warming from getting worse. Next to the Glacier stands this old hotel, which nowadays remains closed, but once used to host many guests who came here to enjoy the massive glacier ranging down far into the valley. It was also shown in James Bond 007 Goldfinger; which has attracted many tourists since. When driving further down into the valley, after roughly 45 minutes, you will arrive in Mühlebach-Fürgangen, where the new instahype “Goms Bridge” stretches above the canyon. It still remains free to visit, which is the reason, why you should consider coming here. Remember! Switzerland is best to visit in early June or after mid-August, as summer is on, but the mass tourism is not.
Music by Epidemic Sound:
Dreams beyond – Hallmore
Gravity – Daxten
Alpines – Onda Norte
Morning Light – Onda Norte
Melting Ice – Isobel O’Connor
Skin – Daxten
Somewhere New (Daxten Remix) – Conditional
Equipment: Sony α6500, Zhiyun Webill Lab 3, DJI Mavic Air, Samsung Galaxy S8+, DJI Ozmo 2, Nikon D5600
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