Grindelwald day 5. Today we arose to find the Eiger north face to be mostly clear which made for some awesome photo ops.
We then headed into town and jumped on a train moments before it left and being a Swiss train it wasn't waiting round for ...
... descends to Lauterbrunnen Station for the train to Wilderswil (584 metres). At Wilderswil there is a mountain train up to SchynigePlatte (1,967 metres). After a spectacular ascent, the train terminates in a beautiful high level green valley, with ...
... to be breaking up with bright patches so we decided to take the train to Wilderswil and then the cog train to SchynigePlatte. This trip is fantastic with the train alternating on either side of the mountain giving views of Brienzersee and Thunersee ...
... we had decided for our first full day in Switzerland to do "the best" ~7,000 ft “easy” trek from Grindelwald First to SchynigePlatte. What we learned that what’s “easy” to a chain smoking Swiss native is an @$$ whooper to a ...
... for! Interlaken is a beautiful place, between two lakes, surrounded by mountains. We took a cogwheel train up one called SchynigePlatte (2000 M) that had a spectacular view of the town and other mountains (Including Jungfrau and the Eiger). We went for ...
... ;long alpine horn being played. It was pretty cool. The next day we decided to head up the mountains a bit and went to SchynigePlatte via two trains. It was an amazing train ride as the climb was so steep and the scenery awesome. At the ...
... . The beauty of the scenery, and the facilities offered to travellers by the general extension of mountain railways, make the BerneseOberland one of the portions of the Alps most visited by tourists. Since strangers first began to visit the Alps, ...