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First Cliff Walk
FIRST CLIFF WALK by TISSOT is the full name of this thrilling experience, opened in September 2015. From Grindelwald we took the cable car to the First mountain in 2170 m.a.s.l. The trip is just about 25 minutes travel time – the landscape changes – and the expectations to the upcoming activity makes the butterflies in the stomach very noticeable 🙂 The sign posts are clear and…
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Hiking to Bäregg
BÄREGG, with the mountain hut of the same name, in 1773 meters height, was our target for a Sunday hike. From Grindelwald we took the easy way (cable car) up to the Pfingstegg mountain station featuring a nice restaurant with a big panorama terrace. From there a well signed route, only 2,8 kilometres long, but also 444 meters altitude difference, with a changing character, leads…
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Mürren
MÜRREN, a car-free, relaxing, peaceful and yet lively village, not far from Interlaken and on the way to Schilthorn. It’s situated at about 1650 meters a.s.l., with tremendous views to the impressive mountains Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. We reached Mürren by two steps of cable cars from Stechelberg in the Lauterbrunnen Valley. While only about 450 people live here the long list of hotels offers…
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The Salginatobel Bridge
IF CONCRETE is your thing, this is a must see! The SALGINATOBEL BRIDGE, a few minutes’ drive from Schiers, is the only Swiss World Monument. Being on the list together with, perhaps better known by most people, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York! The bridge, completed and opened in August 1930, was declared a World Monument in 1991…
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PAXMAL
The PAXMAL monument; if you cherish nature and peace; this is the right place. A peace monument in the Churfirsten mountains, outside Walenstadtberg, high over (1290 meters a.s.l.) the Walensee (Lake Walen) is an impressive work of art. It was built, single-handedly!, by Karl Bickel, a Swiss stamps graphic designer. It took him 25 years, from 1924 to 1949, to complete this astonishing place of…
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The Goms Bridge
The BRIDGE over the Lamma Gorge just sways a little when crossing it. The 280 meters long suspension bridge hanging 92 meters above the river Rhône leads from Fürgangen to Mühlebach, the oldest wooden village centre in Switzerland. The opening of the bridge in 2015, with the baptism by the local hero, 2014 Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding, Patrizia Kummer, gives much easier access to…
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The ALETSCH glacier
The greatest glacier in the Alps – it‘s HUGE!!!! First of all it begins with a massive 900+ meters thickness of compact ICE, and this ice “river” stretches over 22 kilometres. Terrific, overwhelming, stunning…etc.….The glacier moves about 180 meters per year, 2 cm’s a day 🙂 ending up as cold, cold, water forming the river Massa. It’s difficult to explain a glacier, you just have to see…
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Gemmipass
FRESH AIR, hot thermal water and stunning surroundings are enough reasons for us to visit Leukerbad in about 1400 meters a.s.l. This small and quiet town has been known since the Roman times, yes even the Romans knew the therapeutic effect of the thermal water at that time. Later many British people travelled to benefit from the hot water, too. Today it is also great…
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Snow grooming
PIZOL was again the mountain we targeted for our latest experience. Being passenger on a snow groomer, the PistenBully, of the highest level of performance and technology, WAUW! The meeting point is Pardiel mountain station, here we were greeted by the skilled and friendly drivers, and off we go, late in the afternoon just before it got dark. The deep sound of the 12.8 liter,…
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Hannig & Kreuzboden
VIEWS from mountains to other mountains are always impressive. So when we were in Saas-Fee we also went to Hannig by cable car. Enjoying morning coffee from the terrace of the restaurant at 2350 meters above sea level was a delight. We were, as often, blessed by fantastic sunny and clear weather, so Allalinhorn, Täschhorn and Dom (the highest mountain in Switzerland, 4545 m, if…
