Alps Roadtrip 2018

Date: 2018-07-01

Tags: auto voyage

800km, 5 countries and 10 passes

First stage: Munich - Feldkirch:

1st stage
Chamonixstrasse in Garmisch
Garmisch
Mist and Fog in Ehrwald
Fernpass road closed due to an accident
Country/Mountains between Imst and Landeck
Arlberg
Arlberg
1’792m and not even a slight issue
Arlbergpass
Going down without seeing the mountains
It looks like the Alps track from Need for speed 5
Dalaas

Second stage: Feldkirch - Chamonix:

2nd stage
Funny license plate, “Steigen Sie im bus”, Feldkirch-Gisingen
No drones, Vaduz (FL)
Prince of Liechtenstein’s castle, Vaduz (FL)
View on the Rhine valley with Vaduz, Schaan, Buchs and the Appenzell mountains
Triesenberg
Rhine valley from Triesenberg
Sankt Luzisteig pass, border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland (Graubünden)
Old military base at the border
Tödi, seen from the village of Schluein
Sumvitg
Tödi
Monastery in Disentis/Mustér
Oberalppass
Motorbikes at the pass
2’048m
Oberalpsee: flows into the Reuss, the Aare and the Rhine
MGB train between Andermatt and Disentis
MGB train along the Oberalpsee, shortly before engaging on the rack down to Andermatt
Oberalpstrasse, from Andermatt
Snowplow in Andermatt
The train track is as windy as the road
Realp, along the Furkastrasse
Reuss valley, between Realp and Andermatt
Reuss valley, between Realp and Andermatt
Getting closer to the Furkapass
Here we are, 2’436m above the see level
This is not James Bond’s Aston-Martin DB5 from the Goldfinger movie, but a Jaguar E-type
Rhône valley, with Gletsch and the Grimselpass
Rhône valley, from the Furkapass
Rhône valley, from the Hôtel Belvédère, with a view until Martigny
One of the Rhône’s springs
Hôtel Belvédère, Gletsch
Puddle of rock flour, under the Rhône glacier
Rhône valley, from the Hôtel Belvédère
Backup train cars and turntable from the Furka cogwheel steam railway (Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke)
Hôtel du Rhône in Gletsch
Col de la Forclaz, from Martigny
Cog railway train to the French border
Montroc campgrounds
Train to the Swiss border
Die SNCF schreibt Fehlerfrei Deutsch…

Third stage: Chamonix - Lyon:

3rd stage
The view between Montroc and Argentière (Aiguille verte, Drus, Mont-Blanc)
View from the Montroc-Le-Planet train station
Aiguille verte and les Drus from Montroc
Aiguille verte, les Drus, le Mont-Blanc
Mont-Blanc range, from Montroc
Train to Vallorcine, in Chamonix
Mont-Blanc range, from Chamonix
Aiguille du Midi, from Chamonix
Beaufortain chain, from the Aravis pass
The Aravis range
Aravis pass’ chapel
The Aravis range
Show-off cars on the Aravis pass. The road is not in good condition, the Ferrari and the Lambo were scraping the ground

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