Stein Glacier

The Stein Glacier descends from the high peaks of the Uri Alps beside the Susten Pass. Its ice drains through the Gadmen valley towards the Aare, while another tongue lies west of the Tierbergli. A mule track across the nearby pass was recorded by the seventeenth century, connecting the valleys on either side of the mountains. In the early nineteenth century work began to widen the route for carriages, though snow and ice continued to shape the passage through this high country.