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Sustenpass was closed
because of snow, and we did not get much further than this -- about
2 km above the Steingletscher hotel - [see
on map]
looking south across a
frozen lake into the mountains and glaciers toward the source of the
Rhone river -- pretty good view even without being able to pedal to
the top
looking back to a temporary
springtime waterfall flowing over one of the tunnels we rode thru on
our way up
coming down thru a tunnel
around an interesting curve
another look at the "waterfall tunnel"
lots of tunnels are a distinctive feature of this road on the
west side of the Sustenpass
coming down to the Steingletscher hotel and other buildings at
the big switchback curve
yet another sequence of tunnels on the Sustenpass road
Grimselpass road [see
where on map] was also closed -- looks like an amazing job of
plowing to get it clear this far. Some signs we saw seemed to
indicate that a key reason for closure was the possibility of
avalanches from above the road.
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