Permanent Tourist

by Mark Howells-Mead

Posts about susten

  • Susten Pass, Switzerland

    The view around the corner at Susten Pass

    Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.

  • Hike to Steingletscher

    A long-held ambition fulfilled: to hike to my favourite glacier near the Susten Pass in Switzerland.

  • Glorious Corners

    I adore the way that the road curves around the boulder, how a single tree grows from the top of this boulder, how the road is cambered to lean cars into the centre of the bend, how there’s a small parking place next to a well in the middle of the hairpin, and how there…

  • Going the extra mile

    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.

  • The only one for me

    My light in the darkness, who has more patience for my photographic madness than I could imagine in a thousand dreams.