The Sefinafurgga (
Swiss German
Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...
, Germanized: ''Sefinenfurgge'') is a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
of the
Bernese Alps. The pass crosses the
col between the peaks of
Hundshore and
Bütlasse, at an elevation of .
The pass is traversed by a hiking track, which connects the village of
Lauterbrunnen, at an elevation of , and the Alpine hamlet of
Griesalp, at an elevation of in the upper
Kiental south of
Reichenbach im Kandertal at the entrance of the Kiental. The track forms part of the
Alpine Pass Route
The Alpine Pass Route is a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps in Switzerland, part of the Via Alpina route. It starts in Sargans in eastern Switzerland, and crosses the heart of country westwards to finish in Montreux on the shore of Lake ...
, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland between
Sargans and
Montreux.
See also
* List of mountain passes in Switzerland
References
External links
*
''Sefinenfurgge Pass''
on Via Alpina web site
''Sefinenfurgge''
on Hikr web site
Mountain passes of the Alps
Mountain passes of Switzerland
Mountain passes of the canton of Bern
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