Kleine Scheidegg Jungfrau Region

Sunday morning we drove from Lucerne to Lauterbrunnen. It is absolutely gorgeous here. Sunday and Monday we had pretty much perfect weather - 70 degrees and blue skies with no clouds at all. The views were amazing. When we got to Lauterbrunnen we took the train up to Kleine Scheidegg, which has awesome views. And then we did probably my favorite …

... had the most varied experiences, this would be the day. We started off the day by taking a train from Grindenwald to Kleine Scheidegg and changing trains to the Jungfraujoch. This train takes you up the mountain to the highest train station in Europe at ...

Short and sweet - we took the train up the mountain a bit to check out the view, played in the snow, did some hard-core snow trekking, and enjoyed our last full day in the Swiss Alps. ...

... up to Jungfrau station, the highest train station in Europe (3571 meters or 11,782 ft), which sits below Europe's highest peak, Jungfrau.  Up top, there are spectacular views, an Ice Palace, and glaciers to walk upon...seems like a good time for a ...

... rail from Lauterbrunnen, through the picturesque village of Wengen, and on up to the foot of the Jungfrau (and surrounding mountains). Before we reached Klein Scheidegg, we stopped to pick up a work crew of 7 orange-suited rail workers. As ...

... forest on this side of Paris and then how quickly the terrain changed once we were over the border into Switzerland. Heading south westish to a town called Latenbrunnen situated 800m above sea level. the highways there are disappointing as ...

After leaving lucerne we travelled up the mountains to the swiss alps.  The bus ride up their had some gorgeous views....           Near the top of the swiss alps we stayed in Jung Frau, a ...

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... spatterings of snow here and there, which where clean enough in places for us to play with.  The mountain view from Kleine Scheidegg was also quite impressive.  You still had snow all around you on the mountain sides, but also ...

... , at Kleine Scheidegg, was temperate. There was a music group performing - perhaps for a commercial - on a hilltop outside the Kleine Scheidegg station. Girls in colorful but too skimpy costumes were putting on pants on the station platform. There was an ...

... train was constructed nearly a century ago. The rail goes through the mountain for 50 minutes traveling from 6762 ft at the Kleine Scheidegg to the Jungfraujoch at 11,333 ft. The train runs by electricity generated by the braking of the descending ...