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Aerial panorama of the Gornergrat. The Gornergrat Railway (German: Gornergrat Bahn; GGB) is a mountain rack railway, located in the Swiss canton of Valais.It links the resort village of Zermatt, situated at 1,604 m (5,262 ft) above mean sea level, to the summit of the Gornergrat.
In the Western and Central Alps there is only one ridge to cross, to which access is gained by a deep-cut valley, though often it would be shorter to cross a second pass in order to reach the plains, e.g. the Montgenèvre, that is most directly reached by the Col du Lautaret; and the Simplon, which is best reached by one of the lower passes ...
A train on the open-air section of the Jungfrau Railway, the highest in Europe. This is a list of mountain railways in operation in Switzerland.It includes railways that overcome steep gradients (over 5%) or whose culminating point is over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
Close-up of pantographs atop a train on the Jungfrau Railway Strub rack system underneath a railcar (Rowan locomotive He 2/2 no. 6) The line uses a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge and uses a Strub rack. The Jungfrau Railway is electrified and one of only four lines in the world with three-phase electric power. [9]
Day 2: Over the Col de Valpelline and up to the Bertol Hut. Day 3: Down then up over Col Collon to the Vignettes Hut. Day 4: Over the Pigne d'Arolla and down Les Portons to Chanrion Hut. Day 5: Across the Otemma Gorge, up & over into the Aosta Valley. Hitchhike to La Palud. Day 6: Ride the lift to the Vallée Blanche.
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The Great St Bernard Pass is located near the western end of the Valais Alps, the next pass to the west, Col Ferret, marking the transition with the Mont Blanc massif.In that area, between Mont Dolent and Mont Vélan, the main crest of the Alps barely reaches 3,000 metres, unlike in the much higher section of the Valais Alps east of Mont Vélan and Grand Combin.
Beneath the snowy slopes lay a prehistoric surprise: an ecosystem that predates the dinosaurs, revealed by melting snow before being stumbled upon by a hiker in the Italian Alps.