Jungfrau mountains in the Lauterbraunnen Valley - CH

July 9.09 – Drive from Zermatt to Lauterbraunnen
Arrived around 4pm set up camp and took it easy. Meg and I went for a run up the valley, amazing mountain views all around us as we run our way up to Stechelberg about 3 km up the valley.

I’m back home!!

July 10.09 – Jungfrau Camping

First hike and train riding. Went up to First and the lake then back again to the lift. Lots of clouds making it hard to see the massive, gorgeous mountains that I know are tucked away behind them. Fantastic to be back here!!

Bought a 6 day rail pass for the area for 200CH. Best buy as you get your money’s worth in about 1.5days of riding trains and gondolas.

Brownings arrive in pm

July 11.09 – Hike with Brownings

Hiked back up to First and over the col and down to Faulhorn and onto Bussalp dropping 700m where we caught the bus back to Grindelwald. Left at 10:30am back at 6:30pm
Overcast with some sun in the afternoon. Glimpses of mountain peaks. Geoff, Megin and I came back through Kleine Sheidegg and the sun came out along with the mountains and glaciers. Very beautiful. Went for a run in the evening and mom bought some fresh unpasteurized goat cheese and butter from the house just up the way. So fresh and delicious. We gobbled down the goat cheese in no time. Cleared right up in the evening. Lots of stars out. Kev, Geoff and the kids played poker till 11pm.

July 12.09 – Hike under the North face of the Eiger with the whole team!

High overcast this morning so the mountains were all visible. We all went for a hike up the Eiger trail. Great visibility! Up 700meters. A good hike was had by all although Brendan lost his favorite hoodie into a rushing stream of glacier water.
Took the train down from the Eigergletscher. Took us 4 ½ hours to hike. The threat of rain loomed over us in the afternoon, but otherwise we were lucky with the weather.
Delicious pasta dinner with tomato, mozzarella, artichoke, garlic with oil and brushetta.


July 13.09 – Sunny day!!! Mountain biking!

We all ventured off on our own this morning after we secured our mtn bikes. The Brownings went and gained elevation from Wengen to Kleine Sheidegg – 600m up, we went with our Specialized bikes up to First on the gondola, mom went to Interlaken and Murren.

July 14.09 – Hike with mom, Geoff and I from Mannlichen to Kleine Sheidegg then through the alpine meadows to Wengeralp and took the train back to Lauterbraunnen. One of the most beautiful meadow hikes I’ve done in many years.

Brendan, Megin, and Emily went whitewater rafting and had a blast while Kevin and Mary went up Murren way for more biking.

A great day was had by all!! I will miss this area so much!

July 15.09 – heading out back to Zurich for one night then onto Frankfurt on the 16th.
July 16.09 – overnight at the hostel we started out with, we’ve come full circle. An exciting night in the red light district with cops trying to bust someone in the building next door to us.
July 17.09 – our flight out in the morning to Toronto. Mom on one flight, us on the other.

A fantastic trip that I could do again quite easily! Camping in Europe is awesome and such a fun experience. The campgrounds are like mini resorts, no ‘ruffin’ it at these sites. In fact, we began to rate the campsites for various amenities that we appreciated. You can see in the next post our critical reviews of all the campsites we stayed at.