Has anyone ever been to the Rhone Glacier in Switzerland?

Question

I went there a couple years ago with a group and I didn't get enough info about it. (Plus my camera broke)

Did you go? Did you enjoy it? What other nearby areas would you suggest I try to get to?

Answer 1

the Rhone glacier is located at the very east end of Wallis between the Furkapass and the Grimselpass. it's nothing special and not a must see (i was there more than once :) ).

instead i would recommend to visit the Aletsch glacier, where you can hike in the Aletsch forest along the glacier. the Aletsch glacier is located less than 25 miles south-west of the Rhone glacier just above the Riederalp (near and above Brig, direction north).

some pics of the Aletsch glacier

http://www.myswissalps.com/hikes/showhik...

another suggestion is Zermatt with the world famous Matterhorn. Zermatt is on the opposite side of the valley, from Visp direction south (Visp is only 8 miles from Brig direction west).