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ACCESS AND INFORMATION

LocationOn the north slope of the Rhône valley, about 16km northeast of BrigMapLS264T Jungfrau 1:50,000, and the Kümmerly + Frey sheet 18 Jungfrau Region at 1:60,000 cover most of the district. For more detail see the 1:25,000 sheet LS2516 Aletschgebiet.BasesFiesch (1049m), Bettmeralp (1957m), Riederalp (1930m), Belalp (2094m)InformationTourismusbüro, CH-3984 Fiesch (Tel 027 970 60 70, www.fiesch.ch); Bettmeralp Tourismus, CH-3992 Bettmeralp (Tel 027 928 60 60, www.bettmeralp.ch); Riederalp Tourismus, CH-3987 Riederalp (Tel 027 928 60 50)AccessBy road or rail to Fiesch. For Bettmeralp, travel by road or rail to Betten-FO, then cablecar via Betten. For Riederalp, take road or rail to Mörel, then by cablecar direct to Riederalp, or by cablecar via Ried. For Belalp, travel by road from Brig to Blatten, then cablecar to Belalp.

The west wall of the Fieschertal is formed of a long ridge of mountains stretching in a steady arc from the Fiescherhorn, over the Wannenhorn and Eggishorn down towards the Rhône valley. Beyond that wall lies the Grosser Aletschgletscher – the longest and most impressive glacier in the Alps; a 22km long frozen river created by the combined icefields of the Jungfirn, Ewigschneefäld and Grüneggfirn that come together to join the Aletschfirn at Konkordiaplatz, southeast of the Jungfrau.