Sustenpass | 2224 METER | Innertkirchen Wassen

The Susten Pass on the main road 11 connects the canton of Uri with the canton of Bern. The pass road is 45 km long and is one of the newer ones in the Swiss Alps. It was only built between 1938 and 1945. Because it is mainly used by tourists, it is usually only open from June to October. The road begins in Wassen on the northern ramp of the Gotthard Pass and passes through the villages of Meien and Färnigen in the Meien Valley, with a maximum gradient of 9 per cent. The pass summit, at 2,224 metres, is passed under in a tunnel. On the western slope in the Bernese Oberland, the descent, also with a gradient of 9 percent, passes the Steingletscher and continues through the villages of Gadmen and Nessental in the Gadmertal valley.