Hotel Gletschergarten Saas-Fee

... br>Deze hebben we eerder tervergeefs getracht te beklimmen in 2004 én 2007.
Helaas ook deze keer zijn we op de helft gestrand...
We hadden reeds 4uur omhoog geklommen van 1620 naar 2050 meter hoogte! Volgens de bordjes zouden we hier echter 2uur over moeten doen; Door de sneeuw was dit voor ons niet mogelijk.
Eerst was de sneeuw nog leuk maar na dat hij tot de schenen en vervolgens tot de knieen was het bijna niet meer te doen ...

I am only stayin the night just to see the Matterhorn. The sun is out and I took a hike up nearby hill. It was about an hour and a half uphill walk with regular short stops to catch my breath. I think I have had enough of hiking now, I did 4 hours of it at Montreux as well, I must have the best **** at the moment. Spectacular view of the mountain at the hilltop though. It's less of a mountain and more of a giant pinnacle of rock. It looks menacing, to prove it there is a nearby graveyard full ...

... signs with directions to different points on the mountain. I was disappointed to find that the sign pointing to the place we needed to go was pointing directly up the steepest part of the hill! Since the receptionist had told us that it was an easy trail I was sure that once we had conquered this hill then the rest would be smooth sailing.

We started the climb and it was seriously steep, it would have been about 60 degrees easily. With the air being thinner up there ...

We woke "late" (8am) and were the last to leave our bunk. Skipping breakfast, we began our 5 hour journey back to Zermatt. We chose a route that would give us a different view of the valley, but involved 1800m of decent. We paid for it for the next few days. We arrived at our apartment and ...

... on the snow with a lovely view from Mont Blanc on one side and the Italian plains on the other. In between there were dozens of skiers and snowboarders enjoying some summer runs. After our snow hike, we took a Tram down to do a 10K hike to Hornlihut, starting at 2500m. Tom was suitably freaked out by the ...

... way up to meet Evie and Sue at the playground (after a 5 euro hot chocolate) and we all walked down through some delightful traditional Swiss towns.

                                                 

... beds) Gimmelwald: 130 (most of whom have one of three last names: von Allmen, Feuz, or Brunner) Random other points: Interlaken is a place of extreme sports. The Aar flows through it (same as in Bern). I filled a bottle with water from the top of the Alps. Schilthorn is really interesting. There you are...up on the mountain...with nothing else. It's eerily quiet in a portrait-of-death sort of way.

... to Stechelberg by bus. Third leg: Stechelberg to Gimmelwald by cable car. It turns out the rumors we had heard and read are true: Gimmelwald can only be reached by foot and cable car. There are no tracks up to here. Nor are there are any roads. The trip here was, of course, beautiful, with waters and cliffs and glacier-covered mountains in sight. It didn't take much more than an hour to get here from Interlaken and when we arrived we almost cried. Here, there is ...

... t). I would recommend to anyone who is looking for some real adventure, even if you are a tourist. Go Canyoning. That evening at the hostel, we avoided the hot tub (we were waterlogged enough as it was), cooked a great meal, and just chilled late into the night. Even then it was easy to reflect and appreciate how much of a good time I really am having on this trip. What insanity will we get ourselves into next?

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Here is a video (sorry for the very bad quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=R5_9hODsqgs