Posts about Steingletscher
“Steingletscher” is a glacial area in the Bernese Alps, near the summit of the Susten Pass road.
A familiar array of “adventures” which I feel fortunate to regularly enjoy.
For my first blog post in review of 2019, I decided to pick out a few of my favourite wintry photographs from last year in Switzerland, which show the kind of classical landscape photography I love.
I love the alpine Susten Pass road and the mountain scenery there, particularly the area around the Steingletscher glacier and nearby hotel. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited in spring—before the upper reaches of the road have been cleared—so Jo and I took a drive as far as the top snow gate near…
Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.
A long-held ambition fulfilled: to hike to my favourite glacier near the Susten Pass in Switzerland.
I decided to take advantage of glorious warm weather and the Easter bank holiday to visit the closed stretch of road near the upper reaches of the Susten pass in Switzerland.