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Last summer, we spent our summer holidays in Switzerland.
We like camping and mountains so we packed our camper and went to the Bernese Oberland and to the Valais.
We spent the first nights in Berne which is a nice city (and also the capital city of Switzerland).
Then, we went further towards the mountains and stayed several nights in Meiringen. A good starting point for many excursions.
One of them was the Reichenbach fall (see here). The 100 years old cable railway took us up to the waterfall. After we finished the trail, we found out that there was enough time to take the bus to the Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge which is in the same valley. It lies between Meringen and Grindelwald (map).
The path (which has been blasted into the rock more than 100 yeas ago) goes along the wall and through several little tunnels.
At some points, it provides a nice view to the Rosenlaui creek.
Some little waterfalls...
Not only the gorge itself is nice, I also like the surrounding area very much.
I would have liked to hike a bit here but it was already afternoon and the bus runs hourly so we decided to have a break and take the next bus back to Meiringen.
We had half an hour time so we had a drink in the nearby hotel.
Looking downriver, the Engelhörner can be seen. The limestone layers are very steep, almost vertical at some points.
Ueli Steck climbed there once (link).
We still had some time left so I used it for taking some photos. A short walk upstream leads to this nice waterfall.
That's all for now, my next trip report will be about the Gelmersee which is reached by the steepest funicular in Europe.
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We like camping and mountains so we packed our camper and went to the Bernese Oberland and to the Valais.
We spent the first nights in Berne which is a nice city (and also the capital city of Switzerland).
Then, we went further towards the mountains and stayed several nights in Meiringen. A good starting point for many excursions.
One of them was the Reichenbach fall (see here). The 100 years old cable railway took us up to the waterfall. After we finished the trail, we found out that there was enough time to take the bus to the Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge which is in the same valley. It lies between Meringen and Grindelwald (map).
The path (which has been blasted into the rock more than 100 yeas ago) goes along the wall and through several little tunnels.
At some points, it provides a nice view to the Rosenlaui creek.
Some little waterfalls...
Not only the gorge itself is nice, I also like the surrounding area very much.
I would have liked to hike a bit here but it was already afternoon and the bus runs hourly so we decided to have a break and take the next bus back to Meiringen.
We had half an hour time so we had a drink in the nearby hotel.
Looking downriver, the Engelhörner can be seen. The limestone layers are very steep, almost vertical at some points.
Ueli Steck climbed there once (link).
We still had some time left so I used it for taking some photos. A short walk upstream leads to this nice waterfall.
That's all for now, my next trip report will be about the Gelmersee which is reached by the steepest funicular in Europe.
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