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On the walk from Riederfurka to Belalp the way crosses this 124m long suspension bridge

On the western side of the bridge, the path twists uphill between rocks and trees, then up gently angled slabs before you cross a small wooden footbridge over a stream and reach another signed junction. Turn left and walk up more slabs and through pretty wooded areas on the way to the alp pastures of Aletschji (1756m) with their small timber chalets, barns and tiny chapel. The way now climbs above the chalets, very steeply for a while, to gain another alp (Z’Nil) at 1840m. This has a few more huts and lovely views. With the Belalp chapel seen on the ridge ahead, the way rises to yet another fine viewpoint.

With a few zigzags the path rises to a steep ‘gully’ flanked by rocky walls. In this gully a path has been created with tight zigzags supported by stone-built walls. Above these it continues to rise along the left flank of the mountainside, and emerges at a walled vantage point near the chapel, with Hotel Belalp ahead. A wonderful panoramic view is won here, which not only includes the Aletschgletscher and the cotton-like Hangebrücke in the gorge far below, but the hotel at Riederfurka opposite, and across the Rhône valley to the Lepontine and Pennine Alps.