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This approach route skirts the dismal-looking Grimselsee, then heads along the rubble-strewn Unteraargletscher through a landscape more reminiscent of the barren Karakoram than of the pastoral Alps. But this raw, monochrome mountainscape has great attraction for many of us, and serves as a direct contrast to that enjoyed on the vast majority of walks included in this guide. Although the route wanders along a glacier, it should be pointed out that this glacier is likely to be roughly carpeted with morainic debris. No crevasses were detected when the walk was researched, but it is important to follow marker poles and cairns (not always easy to see) for the precise up-to-date route. In poor visibility the correct point at which the glacier is left may be difficult to locate.

From the Grimsel Hospice (reached by postbus from Meiringen) go down a series of steps and across the top of the reservoir’s dam wall. Climbing up the far side the path takes you high above the northern side of the Grimselsee, through a tunnel and out to steep, shrub-covered hillsides heading west. It’s a fine walk, much of it among clusters of alpenrose, passing below cascades, then the Eldorado slabs that are very popular with climbers.