Furkapass
A high Swiss pass between Valais and Uri: from Gletsch 10.3 km at 6.5% to 2429 m. The Valais side is the iconic one, with its hairpins at the Hotel Belvédère right beside the Rhône Glacier.
- Start: Gletsch
- Length: 10.3 km
- Elevation gain: 670 m
- Average gradient: 6.5%
- Max gradient: 11%
- The pass road was built in 1864–1866; the first PostBus crossed it in 1921, replacing the horse-drawn mail coach.
- Scenes of the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964) with Sean Connery were shot on the Furka.
- The Hotel Belvédère (2272 m, built around 1882) sits on a hairpin by the Rhône Glacier; it has been closed since 2015.
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