Day two in Valais. A night in Sion before heading eastward up the Rhone valley to see two glaciers, the spectacular Aletsch glacier and the Rhonegletscher.
Both have been affected by global warming, but the rapid decline of the Rhonegletscher is quite staggering, and sobering.
Gondola from Fiesch up to the viewpoint is a 5700 ft (1730m) ascent.Read more