To get to Kleine Scheidig from Murren we took a train, to a tram, to a cog train. All had about a 3 minute layover. These Swiss know how to be on time! The cog train left out of Lauterbrunnen and went through Wengen, a mirror town on a cliff under huge peaks like Murren, on the other side of the valley.
If we wanted to stay on the train and pay another $130 Swiss Francs, we would go through a tunnel in the Eiger and come out at this train station called the Jungfraujoch, "The Top of Europe".
Two climbers starting out on the famous North Face of the Eiger
The Wetterhorn and the town Grindelwald in the distance
Kleine Scheidig from higher up with the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau.
The Jungfrau, the tallest mountain in the Bernese Oberland, towers 11,000 vertical feet above the valley floor, very sheer too. Incredible
We had a long lunch under the towering Eiger, trying to track climbers.
Murren with the Schilthorn behind
Skiing down to Wengen to take the cog train back to Lauterbrunnen, then a bus to Stechelberg, then a tram to Gimmelwald, then another tram to Murren. The travelling was the best part.
Sarah coming into Wengen
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On top of the world!
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