Piz Ravetsch (3007m/9,865 ft), Lepontine Alps |
Piz Alv (2769m/9,084 ft), Lepontine Alps, tripoint Uri, Graubünden an |
Hairpin turn on the Oberalpstrasse |
Andermatt from the train up to Oberalppass |
Oberalpstrasse |
Oberalpresuss River |
Oberalppass |
Ice on the Oberalpsee |
Oberalppass, the boundary between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Graubünden |
Oberalpsee |
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, Oberalppass Station |
Oberalpstrasse and Railway, Switzerland |
Restaurant Piz Calmot, Oberalppass (2048m) |
Restaurant Piz Calmot, Oberalppass (2048m) |
Restaurant Piz Calmot, Oberalppass (2048m) |
Alpine ridge north of the Oberalpsee |
Rheinquelle - Source of the Rhine, Oberalppass (2046m) |
Vier Quellen Weg - 4 Sources, Oberalppass |
Restaurant Alpsu, Tujetsch, Oberalppass |
Infocenter Rheinquelle, Oberalppass |
The nearby Tomasee is the official source of the Rhine River |
Two branches of the Rhine - Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein, meet at Bonaduz, Grisons |
Oberalppass |
It's a 6 km hike from Oberalppass to Lake Toma, the source of the Rhine |
Stream flowing down from the Oberalppass |
Federwildasyl - Asia D'Utschleglia, Oberalppass |
Fishing in a tiny mountain stream, Oberalppass |
Hiking trails, Oberalppass |
Via Alpsu, Canton Graubünden (Grisons) |
Rheinradweg cycle route, Oberalppass |
Via Alpsu, Romansch for Oberalpstrasse |
Road descending the east side of the Oberalppass |
Road descending the east side of the Oberalppass |
Mountain track to Lake Toma, the source of the Rhine |
Snowfield blocking the track to Lake Toma, source of the Rhine |
Hairpin turns descending from the Oberalppass |
Vier-Quellen-Weg, Oberalppass |
Hiking path from Oberalppass to Lake Toma, Source of the Rhine |
Panorama of the Vier-Quellen-Weg and Oberalpstrasse (Via Alpsu), Graubünden |
Snowmelt in June, Oberalppass |
Laj da Tuma, Vier-Quellen-Weg, Oberalppass hiking |
Piz Tiarms, Oberalppass |
Snowmelt in June, Oberalppass |
Piz Tiarms, Oberalppass |
Oberalppass, Canton Graubünden |
Schijenstock (2888m), Oberalppass |
Oberalppass |
Surselva - Rheinquelle, Canton Graubünden |
The Rhine flows 1230km from here to the North Sea |
Lighthouse at the Source of the Rhine |
Map of the start of the Vier-Quellen-Weg |
Oberalppass (2046m) |
1st sector of our cycling trip - Rheinquelle to Rheinfall, Switzerland |
Me with Scotty at the Oberalppass |
Indolenter Rheinquelle, Oberalppass |
Oberalpsee |
Downhill run from Oberalppass |
Keith on his Cannondale at the Oberalppass |
Start of 93km from the Oberalppass to Chur |
Serpentine road from the Oberalppass |
Serpentine road from the Oberalppass |
Hairpin bend on the Oberalppstrasse, Graubünden |
Road maintenance equipment, Oberalppass, Graubünden |
Even with all the downhill, we still climbed 1592m on the Rheinradweg to Chur |
Keith cycling downhill, Oberalppass |
Keith cycling downhill, Oberalppass |
Piz Cavradi (2612m/8,569 ft), Lepontine Alps |
Alpine meadow with cows grazing, Oberalppass |
Alpine meadow with cows grazing, Oberalppass |
The Tomasee, source of the Rhine, is below the left peak |
Rheinradweg - Oberalpstrasse (Via Alpsu), Graubünden |
Classic 1957 Studebaker (GR12764), Oberalpstrasse, Graubünden |
Classic 1957 Studebaker (GR12764), Oberalpstrasse, Graubünden |
Tujetsch, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland |
Tujetsch, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland |