- Mürren – Gspaltenhornhütte; almost there
We hiked today. High into the mountain world of the Swiss alps. A long hike, with lots to discover. Like alpine flowers, ibexes, little pools of icy water, and snow, of course. Lots of snow.
Now, if you ask me what all of this has to do with alpine puddle drinks – I can tell you: Nothing, really!
Just my dear hiking buddy, the oversized Canadian squirrel (see this post here), tried to convince me that tasting alpine puddle drinks would work miracles in quenching my thirst. Ya, right!
Anyways, here’s a look at our tour:
Two day tour: Mürren - Kandersteg; staying overnight in the mountain cabin Gspaltenhornhütte
The Tour | Day 1:
We start out in Interlaken and take the train to Lauterbrunnen.
From Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp we take the cable car, and then another train up to Mürren. (By the way, trains and cable car are connected with each other, so that we don’t lose any time switching transportation or figuring out where to go.)
At the train station, Mürren
Within a few minutes’ walk from the train station, we are surrounded by alpine pastures.
We follow the trail for hours until we reach the slopes of the Sefinenfurgge.
Here the trail turns very steep, but once we reach the top, we are rewarded with the breath-taking panorama of the Berner Oberland.
Looking back: Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau
Looking forward
We finally leave the amazing view of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau behind, and soon the trail takes us downhill, across scree slopes and snowfields.
And then we reach lower terrain where meadows take over again.
Every turn a new surprise
We round another corner as the trail leads us up the slopes of another mountainside, and then finally, high up on a mountain slope, nestled between the rocks, our cabin, Gspaltenhornhütte, comes into sight.
One last ascent, and we finally reach today’s destination: the alpine cabin Gspaltenhornhütte.
Gspaltenhornhütte
Time to rest and relax.
PS. Today I realized that oversized Canadian squirrels can be very versatile. Within seconds they can adapt to their surroundings and turn into dangerous snow monsters. Need proof?
First snow
First snow ball
Ouch!!!