Eigergletscher

This weekend I explored the Jungfrau region ("top of Europe!"), from Grindelwald, to Kleine Scheidegg, to Lauterbrunnen, all around the three legendary peaks of Jungfrau (the Virgin), Eiger (the Ogre) and Monch (the Monk).

These mountains are big, the bigger, rougher brothers of our rolling peaks here in Rougemont and the Pays d'Enhaut.

However rugged the mountains may be, it is possible to access them in all ease and comfort-- you can get right there on the train, and hike on well-marked paved trails, and stop for a lunch and drink before or after. This was the type of weekend I had.

Here I am with the Eiger glacier, a short walk uphill from the train station at Kleine Scheidegg. It is amazing up there-- the train pulls you up the valley, past the north face of the Eiger, and you arrive at the mountain station in the sun, with the colorful orangish-red scrub vegetation all around.