CH Kleine Scheidegg 2019 Oct

Visited Jungfraujoch – top of Europe in June 2018 when Jungfrau was covered in clouds. Thus, in this trip I had planned a day trip on a clear day hopefully (out of 4 days based in Spiez).  Gladly, our humble wishes were realized ultimately.

Arrived at Kleine Scheidegg @2000m after 2 changes – at Interlaken Ost and Lauterbrunnen via Wengen before 11am.  Hiked up to a small pond Fallbodonsee @2100m on a cloudless day in about 20 min.

Wow, the snowy Eiger-Monch-Jungfrau (around 4000m) was towering in front of us in glaring sun. It was another calm day so we had some shots of perfect reflections of the giants 🙂

 

 

After lingering for about 30 min we returned to the station and walked up to an observatory on the other side. Dropped by a heart-shaped turquoise pond (again!) and caught sight of some fall foliage covering the mountain slopes  🙂

 

 

Had lunch in Kleine Scheidegg as we did 16 months earlier.  Descended to Wengen @1200m by train and waved goodbye to the giants in perfect weather. Strolled around the mountain town and not many shops were open – maybe in low season.  Spotted some para-gliders in the air taking advantage of that calm day with fall foliage, snowy mountains as backdrop.

 

 

En route to Lauterbrunnen descending

 

Before arriving at Interlaken with more fall foliage

 

Returned to Spiez on a very crowded train, with lots of passengers standing on a normal day. We were very grateful for the almost perfect weather in the last 2 days in the Bernese Alps.

 

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