Swiss Alps - The Schilthorn

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View of the mountains, Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau from the gondola (cable car) on our trip to the top of the Schilthorn. The three mountains are sometimes literally referred to as the Orge (Eiger), Monk (Monch), and Young lady (Jungfrau).

Here you can see the gondola terminal at the alpine town of Murren.




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Catherine on the summit of the Schilthorn. The day we were there the it was cool, but not terribly cold. It is best to arrive at the summit early, because the clouds often move in later during the day. While we were there, the clouds did move , but also moved away at times to reveal the Alps around us.

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Murren, Switzerland - An Alpine Town

About two thirds of the way up the Schilthorn is the small alpine town of Murren.

View of the alpine town of Murren from the gondola (cable car) that took up up the Schilthorn. The gondola stops at Murren and then you can take another gondola the rest of the way up to the top of the mountain.

The pictures ENLARGE if you click on them. Catherine at the Murren gondola stop. By the way, that is the mountain Jungfrau in the background.

We took the opportunity at the gondola stop to walk around Murren.

There is one street in Murren (along with some small alleys) and it is lined with houses, shops, hotels, and restaurants.

Murren is a mountain town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. From Murren you can view the mountains Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau. A series of four cable cars, known as the Luftseilbahn Stechelberg-Mürren-Schilthorn (LSMS), provides transportation from Murren downhill to Gimmelwald and Stechelberg, and uphill to the summit of the Schilthorn and the revolving restaurant Piz Gloria. This was the principal filming location for the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

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Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland - The Alps

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Welcome to the Alps.

When we left Murten, Switzerland we drove to the the Bernese Oberland in the alpine heart of Switzerland.

View from the car on the way to Lauterbrunnen.

On the way to Lauderbrunnen we stopped at Wilderswil to check a map. When we opened the windows, Catherine and I heard the bells on the cows. Catherine said "We are in Switzerland".


This is taken in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland where we stayed. It is near the Interlaken area and nestled between two large mountain areas. On one side is the Eiger / Monch /Jungfrau and the other is the Schilthorn, which we explored during our stay. At the southern end of Lauterbrunnen is the Staubbach falls. The falls are about 980 feet long, the highest in Switzerland. This is taken from the parking lot of our hotel, the Hotel Staubbach.

A lamb in a field near the hotel in lauterbrunnen.

We caught a gondola (cable car) heading to Murren and the mountain Schilthorn.

View inside the gondola.









The first stop on the gondola is Gimmelwald.











Then on to the alpine town of Murren.














Mount Schilthorn.





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