We love the random (to us) holidays that our Canton of Nidwalden has. This past Wednesday was Joseph's Day (Zeppi Tag). The weather was absolutely beautiful, so we decided to drive to Canton Bern, near Lauterbrunnen for a hike/snowshoe adventure. We invited our friends Izak and Tammy, who moved here from South Africa, to join us on our adventure!
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| Tammy and Izak hiking up towards Muerren |
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| I think that is Jungfrau, could be Eiger, I am not a mountain expert! |
We started off in a gondola from Stechelberg. Which by the way if you want to experience great hiking and cheaper gondola rides, it seems Canton Bern is quite a bit cheaper. It was only 6 CHF for our round trip ride. We planned to hike up the valley a bit to find some snow and snow we did find. But after a steep stretch in quite wet snow we decided A. bear was going to get tired very quickly and B. there could be an Avalanche risk with the amount of wet snow. So, we ended up turning around and hiking up to the town of Muerren. In total we walked about 3 hours and enjoyed the amazing views of Jungfrau, Eiger, and Moench.
There were all of these cute little wooden houses that you could rent, and we were thinking that it would be great for visitors that want to get a fill of hiking and great views. The drive from our house to this area of Switzerland is 1 hour 20 min, so staying in the area for a night or two would make the drive even more worth it (we are starting to think like the Swiss in terms of distance... if it's over an hour away that is quite far!).
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| Live shot of the lovely poo sprayer... |
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| On the terrace in Muerren, enjoying a coffee! |
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| Hi Daddy :) |
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| Cheers! |
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