Glacier 1 Andermatt/Hospental to Meiringen

Wassen to Meiringen on the Alpine Bike 1 Stage 10

Length (Göschenen-Meiringen) : 51 km

Ascent | Descent:  1820 m | 2130 m

Roads and trails

• Asphalted:  13 km
• Natural surface:  38 km
• of which Singletrail:  3,6 km

  Links:

• Alpine Bike 1 Stage 10
• Gotthardbackpacker Wassen
• Jugendherberge Hospental
• Simons Heberge Meiringen

Sites

• Glacier: Steingletscher
• Meiringen is famous for its waterfall which features in a Sherlock Holmes novel.
• Two iconic roads, on Susstenpass old road, of national significance:
  • 19th century «Communicationsstrasse»
  • 20th century «Touristenstrasse».
  • 19th century «Communicationsstrasse»
  • 20th century «Touristenstrasse».
• Aare River winds its way between the villages of Meiringen and Innertkirchen through a gorge that is 1.4 km long and up to 200 metres deep
• The diabolic and wild Schöllenenschlucht
  • The Schöllenenschlucht (gorge) lies between Andermatt and Göschenen and was for centuries a natural barrier on the route between Uri and Italy via the Gotthard. The route was first opened as a through road when the Teufelsbrücke (Devil’s Bridge) was built around 1200AD.

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