Lauterbrunnen valley from Wengen

Im not quite sure what to write about Lauterbrunnen (ill post some more photos in another blog later). The place is amazing and I don’t think anyone that visits would disagree. The weather was about 50/50 whilst I was there. A couple of perfect clear sky days, a few cloudy but still ok days and a couple of rainy crap morning/afternoons. I was constantly being told that for about a month the week before I arrived it had been sunny and 30 degrees every day. Yea, thanks.

Was also lucky enough this time to be here on August 1st which is National Swiss Day. Got to see some traditional alphorn blowers, eat some fancy cow-shaped bakery food, and watch a cool fireworks display.

I bought a Jungfraubahn pass which gets me unlimited travel on all of those things for 6 days. So the last 2 days of my stay were a bit quieter as the rides no longer felt like they were free. The pass is 200 francs, about $210 I guess, but its worth it if you plan to get around a lot. I would have had to have racked up 400 francs on it I reckon, as just the cable car from Gindelwald to First and return is about 55 francs.

This is a run down of the things I did. It wont really mean much to anyone that hasn’t been there, but if you can get your hands on the Jungfrau hiking map it all makes sense. Its more just for my records.

Day 1
Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg train
Kleine Schedegg to Eigergletscher train
Eigergletscher to Lauterbrunnen hike

Day 2
Lauterbrunnen to Wengen train
Wengen to Mannlichen gondola
Mannlichen to Wengen gondola
Wengen to Lauterbrunnen train
Lauterbrunnen to Grutschalp gondola
Grutschalp to ‘High Nose’ hike
‘High Nose’ to Grutschalp hike
Grutschalp to Lauterbrunnen gondola

Day 3
Lauterbrunnen to Wengen train
Wengen to Mannlichen
Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg hike
Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald train
Grindelwald to First cable car
First to Grindelwald cable car
Grindelwald to Pfingstegg gondola
Pfingstegg to Grindelwald gondola
Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg train
Kleine Scheidegg to Wengen train

Day 4
Wengen to ‘La Mousse’ hike
‘La Mousse’ to Wengen hike
Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg train
Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald train
Grindelwald to First cable car
First to Lake Bachalpsee hike
Lake Bachalpsee to First hike
First to Grindelwald cable car
Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg train
Kleine Schedegg to Wengen train

Day 5
Wengen to Mannlichen gondola
Mannlichen to Grund cable car
Grund to Grindelwald train
Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg
Kleine Scheidegg to Mannlichen hike
Mannlichen to Wengen gondola

Day 6
Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg train
Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald train
Grindelwald to Pfingstegg gondola
Pfingstegg to Baregg hike
Baregg to Pfingstegg hike
Pfingstegg to Grindelwald gondola
Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg train
Kleine Scheidegg to Wengen train

Day 7
Wengen to Lauterbrunnen train
Lauterbrunnen to Trummelbach hike
Trummelbach to Lauterbrunnen hike

Day 8
Lauterbrunnen to Grutschalp gondola
Grutschalp to ‘High Nose’ hike
‘High Nose’ to Grutschalp hike
Grutschalp to Lauterbrunnen gondola
Lauterbrunnen to Schilthornbahn bus
Schilthornbahn to Lauterbrunnen hike