Mid August we spent a week in Grindelwald. It’s a lovely little town with cable cars that go to the nearby mountains of Männlichen, Pfingstegg, and First. We had a nice Airbnb not far from the Terminal station. Though the hill the Airbnb was on was brutal- by the third day, Walnut would do his business in the driveway, not wanting to traverse the hill to the garbage can.

Naturally, we visited Gletcherschlucht. This is river of glacier water running from the Eiger. We’ve visited a number of these in Switzerland. It’s very cool so it’s a wonderful visit on a hot day. This one was unique in that it had a number of activities including a giant swing and a net you could walk on over the river.

We took the cable car up to Männlichen and hiked the Panoramaweg to Kleine Scheidegg. Though we’ve done this hike before, it’s one of Jenn’s favorites. It’s a great hike with awesome views and a wide path. Of course, there’s always the chance to meet livestock and a cow wanted to figure out what Walnut was.

We also visited First and hiked to Bachalpsee. This was supposed to be an easy hike but by the time we actually went up here, we were a little wore out from the other hiking we had done this week. The hills on the way to Bachalpsee were a little rough on us.

On our last day we went back to Pfingstegg to ride the Rodelbahn and the Luftseilbahn. if you go to the area, definitely do this! I would recommend buying the 3 hour package ticket. The ticket includes the cable car and as much Rodelbahn and Luftseilbahn you can do in 3 hours. At the time, it was 96chf and we bought a 6 ride Rodelbahn and 2 rides Luftseilbahn with the cable car (with our halbtax card!) for 84chf. We’d never experienced the Luftseilbahn and it was awesome. It’s a bit like a zip line but you sit in the harness and it hangs from a monorail system they’ve suspended from the trees. As we came to the Luftseilbahn, I asked the people on their way out if it was everything they’d hoped and they replied, “Yes, it’s like you’re a little elf flying through the forest.”
I thought it was a pretty good description. I definitely could have done that a few more times. It made for an excellent last day of our trip.