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LÖTSCHENTAL, beautiful Swiss valley
LÖTSCHENTAL, a long (27 kilometers) and quiet valley in the Bernese Alps, offers about 200 kilometers of hiking trails in unspoiled nature with rivers, glaciers, lakes, forest, and view to lots of surrounding 3 – 4.000 meters high mountain peaks. At the end of the main road through the valley, the starting point for hiking is a huge parking place with a fantastic view of…
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SUSTENPASS, beautiful mountain pass, Switzerland
The SUSTENPASS is the 10th highest mountain pass in the Swiss Alps with its 2224 meters elevation. The pass has been known as a mule pass for trading and used since the 17th century but was never strategically important, so the road used today was built as late as from 1938-1946. But for us tourists and travelers it is a very interesting and beautiful pass.…
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ISCHBODENHÜTTE, mountain restaurant, Switzerland
The ISCHBODENHÜTTE, Ischboden Hut, is located at 1400 meters above sea level, on the Grosse Scheideggstrasse not far from Grindelwald. The beautiful old restaurant/Bergbeiz, with stunning views, over the Grindelwald valley and to the mountains, from the terrace, serves delicious homemade and regionally produced food and service is super friendly. A real gem. The road is not open for private cars (except of course for…
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The AARE GORGE, Switzerland
The AARE GORGE, Aareschlucht, a couple of kilometers from Meiringen, is for many a well-known (worldwide!) gorge, made accessible by hard-working pioneers back in the late 1880s. Safe paths and tunnels, and just a few steps, make the gorge available for most people. The gorge is 1400 meters long, in some places 200 meters deep (high!) and at the most narrow places just one meter…
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SCHWARZSEE by Zermatt, Switzerland
On our trip from Zermatt to Klein Matterhorn, and the Glacier Paradise, we took advantage of the option to stop at Schwarzsee (Black Lake) to make the short hike around the lake and see the beautiful little chapel of Maria zum Schnee. This stop is also the closest you get to Matterhorn (unless you are a real mountain climber), wow it looks a lot bigger…
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KLEIN Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland
KLEIN Matterhorn – or Little Matterhorn, is the highest peak in Europe to be reached by a cable car. With its 3883 meters it’s enough for most people to feel the impact of the thin air. So let’s start with some warnings; signs of altitude sickness can, for example, be headache, dissiness, nausea and a fast pulse…..it’s recommended to consider a coffee break and to…
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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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The Eiger Glacier
The EIGERGLETSCHER, (-glacier) at the foot of the mountains Mönch and Jungfraujoch, and the Eiger mountain are the impressive views we enjoyed from the terrace of the restaurant of the same name. Lunch is always good when sitting on a sunny terrace in 2322 meters a.s.l., and then with THIS view!! The restaurant is open all year, so no reason to wait. Some interesting hiking…
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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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Saas-Fee
SAAS-FEE is an amazing village in the so-called Free Republic of Holidays! 🙂 In the winter time all possible winter activities are available, and on other times it’s a hiker’s paradise as well as a fresh, clean-air-area suitable for a relaxing and peaceful wellness tour. Saas-Fee is car-free which also contributes to the clean air. When arriving to the car park, simply unload the luggage, park the…
