Grindelwald

Bernese Oberland

September 2005

Part 1 - Days 1, 2 & 3

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Part 2: Days 4, 5 & 6

Part 3: Days 7 & 8

Map of the mountains around Grindelwald...

map

View of the Eiger from the room...

 

Day 1 - Eiger walk - Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald...

The north face of the Eiger behind the hotels at Kleine Scheidegg...






 





View down the valley from the foot of the Eiger...








Wetterhorn overlooking the town...



Day 2 - Grindelwald to Schwarzhorn...

Massive floods the week before had caused large landslides, which the Swiss had already repaired...




 

 

Chamois up above...

 




Wetterhorn on the other side of the valley...

 

Wetterhorn...


 

 

 

Shreckhorn in the haze on the other side of the valley...

 



 

Our hotel room at the Hirsch...










View...



Day 3 - Jungfraujoch

Views of the Eiger from Kleine Scheidegg...


The White Spider...


Close up of the heart of White Spider...

Miche in the Jungfraubahn train...

 

Looking down from the window part way up the Eiger's north face...

 

Close ups of the glacier viewed from the station...

 


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Miche at the top station...


Looking down the glacier...








Walk to the Monch Hut...




Miche relieved to get to the hut...

Looking up to the summit of the Monch from the hut...


Part 2: Days 4, 5 & 6

Part 3: Days 7 & 8

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