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Gletscherschlucht [Grindelwald, Switzerland]

uploaded by Chinmay Oza March 26, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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Whilst not nearly as dramatic as its neighbour in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, the Trummelbach, the Gletscherschlucht (or Glacier Gorge) is nevertheless an impressive place.

A narrow gangway has been built along the side of the gorge carved out by the melt waters of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier connecting a series of paths and tunnels leading ever deeper into the gorge until you come to ... a gate.

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Chinmay Oza

at 12:13 on March 26th, 2009

Gletscherschlucht is an impressive place, and would have been further impressive had it not been for the almost dry gorge. We entered the pathway expecting to see the gorge with a decent flow, but it was not to be.

The color of the rock surfaces, changing based on light reflections inside the gorge is a beautiful phenomenon.