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The Aletsch glacier with a field of alpenroses

Aletsch Glacier, Valais (3)

The Aletsch, on the borders of Cantons Bern and Valais is Europe's largest glacier. The Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschorn region was added to the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in 2001. The alpenrose, a kind of rhododendron, is a much-loved mountain plant.

© Wellness- und Badekurort Breiten

Images 1-5 from 48

  • The peaks of the Churfirsten chain above lake Walen
  • Sea of fog below the Weisshorn in Arosa
  • The Aletsch glacier seen from a distance
  • Cyclists approach the Aletsch glacier
  • The Aletsch glacier with a field of alpenroses

 

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