Grindjesee
Moraine-dammed alpine lake ringed by larches and moorland, rich in rare mountain wildflowers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Grindjisee above Zermatt starts with the verdict of a local baker and then turns to the working people of the slope around you: the families who spent their summers at Findeln with cattle, hay and some of the highest grain fields in the Alps. It also visits the English botanists of the early eighteen hundreds and the rare flowers on this shore. Best heard on the bank, facing down toward the Findeln huts.
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