Grimsel granite country

The Grimsel region is one of the most beautiful granite landscapes in the Alps, featuring massive glaciers and mountains, world-famous deposits of rock crystal, and a striking contrast between protected nature and a landscape shaped by technology and power plants. In 2007, it became part of the only UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in the Alps. The formation of this landscape is closely linked to the emergence of Grimsel granite. The narration of this story – from the intrusion of magma 300 million years ago, through the folding of the Alps, to the shaping of the current surface by glacial activity – provides an easily understandable yet scientifically accurate approach to the essence of granite, this renowned rock found in all major mountain ranges on Earth.