Closed for the winter, passes in the Swiss Alps are scheduled to reopen for car traffic within the next few weeks, weather permitting.

The hotel stands for the golden age of the Swiss hotel ... top of the pass follows suit: Franz Karl Müller from Uri builds a second inn, the «Furkablick», next to his Hotel Furka.

The winter closure on the Oberalp Pass was lifted at 9am on Friday. The road between Andermatt and Sedrun in eastern ...