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Switzerland 2013

Switzerland 2013

27 July 2013

We stopped at the south side of the Sarnersee (lake Sarnen) for a quick swim. It was pretty warm (around 30°C) so cooling down in the lake was a great option.

A thunderstorm was brewing and we heard some thunder but didn

A view of the Sarnersee

Another view of the Sarnersee. The blue-ish color in the air is caused by the humidity.

On top of the Grimsel pass. The lake is the Grimselsee.

An iceberg in the Totesee

Ice on the bank of the Totesee created some nice blue colors under water

Stockalperschloss (Castle Stockalper) in the city of Brig

We took al cable car up to Fiescheralp. This cable car goes all the way up to mount Eggishorn. We hiked around the mountain as you can see in the next series of photos.

We saw a bunch of parasailers getting higher and higher (as you will notice in some other photos)

There was a relatively flat path around mount Eggishorn for 12.3km ([url=http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/breathtaking-views-of-the-aletsch-glacier.html]more information[/url])

A lot of melting water still came down the mountain flanks

Just a peek of the Fiescher glacier

Fiescher glacier

In the middle of the photo there is a tunnel leading to the other side of the mountain giving us a nice shortcut.

Up and up they went

It was pretty cold in the tunnel and very wet but without it we would have to climb over the mountain

Between the mountains at the far end is the Aletsch glacier

The Vordersee (lake Vorder)

A composite of some photos of the Aletsch glacier. It was our first encounter with the glacier.

A panoramic composite of photos the Aletsch glacier

Looking back up the glacier. More information over the glacier can be found [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletsch_Glacier]here[/url]

The darker bands seen are called moraines. The westernmost medial moraine has been named the Kranzbergmoräne, and the easternmost carries the name Trugbergmoräne.

A number of people hiked on top of the glacier

Pink snow?

Mount Fusshörner

Panoramic view of mount Fusshörner

After we finished our hike around mount Eggishorn and alongside the Aletsch glacier we took the gondola lift down from Moosfluh to Riederalp. From there we took the gondola down to Mörel to get the train back to Fiesch where we parked our car.

Mount Matterhorn

Grimsel pass

Looking down into the valley nearly from the top of the Furka pass

At the right is the Rhône glacier

Rhône glacier

A composite of photos of a stream running down from the glacial lake of the Rhône glacier all the way down into the valley

Höllgrotten caves, a dripstone cavern near the city of Baar

The Enchanted Castle

A turtle and a...

...crocodile. It

An artifical lake with a beehive. The underground lake had to be drained to make the grottos accessible and a shaft was constructed here by human hands to divert the water into the Lorze. The "beehive" is an underwater formation that was moved into the modern artifical lake.

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