Switzerland Day 6. Eigergletsch Again!

We started the day by taking the cable car up to Mannlichen and spent an hour or so photographing there including this Spring Pasque flower and Trumpet Gentians. We travelled by gondola down to Grund and then round by train to Kleine Scheidegg and up to Eigergletsche where I walked the start of both the eiger Trail and the Ridge walk looking for high level flowers such as the Glacier Crowfoot (5th image). finally the walk down to Kleine Scheidegg produced lots of photos!

Switzerland Day 5 Schynige Platte

The day dawned clear for our expedition to Schynige Platte - this involves getting to Wilderswil by two trains from Wengen and then the wonderful cog railway up to the Platte. The line was opened in May 1893, and was electrified in 1914. The journey takes 50 minutes with panoramic views of Interlaken area and then the Jungfrau range. Unfortunately the weather didn't hold for long. We left around 2.30 and by 5pm in Wengen a thunderstorm arrived.

Switzerland Day 4. Flowers around Wengen Alp, Kleine Scheidegg and Eigergletsche

Clear blue skies all day for our walk from Wengen Alp up to Kleine Scheidegg and then down from Eigergletsche. Very contrasty light for portraits but great for flowers in the landscape - and what a landscape. The second photo shows the range of Eiger on left throungh the Monk to Jungfrau on right.

Switzerland Day 3. Blumentahl, Murren

Sunday started cloudy and cool after overnight rain for our visit to the Blumentahl (valley of flowers) on the other side of the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Gradually the cloud lifted to give a sunny end to the day. We caused a certain amount of amusement to the many visiting tourists as we got down to work.

Switzerland Day 2. Wengen Walk from Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg

I had hoped for a fine day for our first day in Wengen. Although showery and, at times, enveloped in cloud, we did get glimpses of the wonderful panoramas and the Eiger showed itself on several occasions. It is a late spring so there are still some snow patches with the early spring flowers - Globe flowers, White crocuses, Snowbells etc still very evident as well as later species such as the Yellow anemones.