Hiking in the Swiss Alps

by Toccara & SamExplore The Outdoors, SwitzerlandPosted on 8 comments

Following a 30-minute cable car ride from Grindenwald to Mannlichen, we started the close to 3-mile hike from Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg. This would be classified as an easy hike with not too much challenge in regards to elevation change. We saw people of all ages enjoying this visually-stunning Alpine trail. We visited in the summer …

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Cable-Car and Hike in Isenfluh, Switzerland

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Accessible by car or local bus, the village of Isenfluh sits over 1,300 ft (400 m) above the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Once in the village, visitors can either hike up or take the aerial cable car to Sulwald (5,000 ft/1,500 m). The Isenfluh cable-car is a two-man operation (one man at the bottom in Isenfluh and one man at the …

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Lauterbrunnen Switzerland: A Picturesque Swiss Village in Jungfrau

by Toccara & SamSmall Town Adventures, SwitzerlandPosted on 2 comments

Our first glimpse of the Lauterbrunnen Valley was from the summit of Mannlichen, which we accessed via cable-car from the nearby village of Grindelwald. We knew we had made the right decision to base ourselves in Lauterbrunnen Switzerland for a few days and already wished we could stay longer. Watch Now: Jungfrau Region in Switzerland   Nestled …

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Wengen: A Car-Free Alpine Village

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Opposite Lauterbrunnen on the other side of the valley sits Wengen, a car-free village in the Swiss Alps. Because Wengen is car-free (minus a few local farm and service vehicles, and electric vehicles for taxiing to and from the railway station), visitors must arrive via train from Lauterbrunnen or Gridelwald or via cable-car from Mannlichen (via Grindelwald). …

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