Saturday, 09/21/19

I got up at 6:30am to make the 7:24 first train to the top. Well worth it as not too many people up here. They have a well organized tour of the facilities and your able to go outside on an ice field. Interesting trivia: The cog railway built here in the late 1800’s was based on the studying the cog at Mt. Washington in NH. It is breathtaking up here and in both senses, spectacular scenery and altitude is very noticeable, 11,401 feet! This whole area is a hiking wonderland, the plan for now is to go partway down, get off the train at an intermediate station and then hike down to another station about an hour of walking or possibly longer depending on the trail selection. Weather supposed to be variable tomorrow, so glad I got it together to do this today. After taking the train part way down and having lunch at the midpoint, I went back to my AirBnb for a regroup, and then took the train down to Lauterbrunnen to see the waterfalls. A short bus ride to Trummelbach falls, the main attraction. It’s largely within the rocks, so not that exciting. See photos below.

The train headed up to Wengen from Lauterbrunnen