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Aletsch Glacier
One of the world's natural marvels, this mesmerising glacier (
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of gargantuan
proportions in the Upper Valais is like a 23km-long, five-lane highway powering between
mountain peaks at altitude. Its ice is glacial-blue and 900m thick at its deepest point. The
view of Aletsch from Jungfraujoch will make your heart sing, but for the hardcore adrenal-
in surge, nothing beats getting up close: hike between crevasses with a mountain guide
from Riederalp, or ski above it on snowy pistes in Bettmeralp.
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