Hiking Through Switzerland

 Day 5: Trümmelbach Falls and Mürren

We finally hit a patch of bad weather. Skies this morning were gray with low hanging clouds clinging to the mountains around Lauterbrunnen. We decided to walk the 2 miles to Trümmelbach Falls, a series of 10 cascading waterfalls found partly within a mountain.  Along the route we passed several of the waterfalls that Lauterbrunnen is famous for.

Hiking Through Switzerland

Day 4: Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfrau Region

The trip this morning from Zermatt to Lauterbrunnen was a lot easier than expected.  We were a bit nervous about having to change trains3 times with less than 10 minutes between trains, but everything went smoothly.  The weather was again beautiful and the route took us past idyllic sceneryof lakes and mountains dotted with classic Swiss architecture.

We arrived in Lauterbrunnen late morning.  Our hotel was only about 30 yards from the train station, as the crow flies, but required the crow to be flying nearly straight up.

It wouldn't have been too bad without luggage, but that was not the case.  By utilizing the road we were mable to manage, though the 30yds turned into almost 1/4 mi.

We checked into the Hotel Silberhorn, but only Molly and Dave's room was ready, so we left all our luggage in their room and headed out for another hike.

We had hoped to take "the train to the top of the world" to the Jungfraujoch tomorow, but the weather is iffy, and it was too late to do this today, so we elected to hike the Panoramaweg, a classic hike in the Jungfrau region. First, we had to return to the train station to catch a train to Wengen.  Downhill with no luggage was infinitely easier.

The train ride was really scenic

but the last leg of the journey, up a tram from Wengen to Männlichen, was stunning.  We had our first glimpses of the three major peaks of the Jungfrau region, the Jungfrau, the Mönch, and the Eiger.

We even got an extra treat, a rainbow over the Jungfrau.