Hiking in Switzerland from the Schilthorn

Our best view of Schilthorn. James Bond would not be happy.

This was our first view of the Swiss Alps from our bus.  This is Lake Lungerze a typical U shaped glacier runoff lake.  We stayed in the town of Lauterbrunnen situated with Jungfrau on one side and Schilthorn on the other. There was convenient bus transportation to the lifts for the trailheads.

We chose a hike on Mount Schilthorn. We rode to the top to see the James Bond Exhibit and have a drink in the rotating restaurant at the top. The skies were pretty cloudy and we didn't get a good view.

      Birg was the lift stop we got off and hiked to the bottom. No one else in our group went with us. It was very cold and snowy at the start but most of the trail had been mostly cleared. We used my GPS to keep on the trail since we could hardly see anything in the beginning.

Here and there we crossed some snow. Could of used our spikes.

Soon we came to Grauseeli lake. It was mostly snow and ice.

There were some adventurous crossings as we switchbacked down the mountain. 

Here is a steep part where we had to hang onto a cable.We had to traverse the mountain with very slippery scree and snow. We were glad we had poles so we didn't slide down the mountain.  You can see the trail marks on the rock we followed. It was a red and white stripe.

As we got lower the fog started to lift and the beautiful green valley opened up. The sun would come out from time to time to give us some nice views.

We walked along Wasenegg Ridge. It was an extremely narrow trail in parts with 1000 ft drop on either side. I just didn't look down during that part. The views on either side were partially in the clouds.

Another view of the ridge trail.

The wildflowers started appearing as the snow started to disappear.

Next was a long hike down through green farms and lots of flowers.

The flowers included every color except red.

The town of Murren comes into view.

We took a lift from here back down to the Valley to our original lift  Stechelberg back to the Lauterbrunnen valley.