| Road: |
Like its neighbors, the Nufenen
pass and the Saint-Gotthard, the Furka pass is very scenic.
It is one of the highest passes in Switzerland, and its western side is beside the famous
Rhone glacier.
The climb starts immediately with the hardest slopes, and a number of hairpin turns.
The road is very wide and perfectly surfaced, as ususal in Switzerland. Throughout
the climb, we can see either the village of Realp and the set of loops we have already done,
or the long valley going steeply to the top of the pass. Close to a one or two houses
that can be seen from Realp, starts the second part of the climb with a much more straightforward
road, but also less steep. The road continues to Tiefenbach and further, with mountains
torrents and very nice view over Alps glaciers. Two last turns announce the end of the
climb, and the pass appears after a last half-kilometer nearly flat.
A very nice objective is the loop Nufenen-Gotthard-Furka, which is about 100km long.
|
