Joch Pass

It is a mountain go of the Uri Alps, situated between the Bernese Oberland and Central Switzerland, at the foot of the Titlis. The pass crosses the col between the pinnacles of Graustock and Jochstock, at a height of 2,207 m and at the outskirt between the cantons of Bern and Nidwalden.

The pass is navigated by a donkey track, now utilized by climbers and mountain bikers, which associates the town of Engelberg, in the canton of Obwalden and at a rise of 1,000 m , with the town of Meiringen, in the canton of Bern and at a rise of 595 m . The track shapes some portion of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-remove climbing trail crosswise over Switzerland amongst Sargans and Montreux.