(This is a delayed post for October 27)
We hiked for nearly 7 hours today. Starting from Grindelwald at 1034 meters we walked up to First, which is at 2168 meters. A height difference of more than a kilometer (!), which means the hike was very steep. The more we went up the trail, the more we could see the beauty that is the Eiger glacier. The glacier is huge and on a clear day you can go up the cable car and see why it’s called “sea of ice” and “wall of ice.” We decided not to stick around in Grindelwald for better weather conditions just to maybe get a chance to see the glacier and continued towards our next destination – Laax and Vals.
We stopped at a hotel in a small town because we were both extremely tired. Hopefully none of the roads on our way are closed, like 2 days ago when we had to detour for several hours.
Notes:
- In the pictures below the glacier is the white blue-ish colored, snow-covered stuff in the mountains’ saddles.
- There are many pictures of the glacier. It was too hard to pick the best.