Switzerland 9: The Glacier walk and the cow walk.

Today we decided to do our final hike, which was said to be about four and a half hours.  We took the cable car from town up to fieschalp.  We walked about an hour or so to Bettmeralp.  Then we took a tiny cable car up to Bettmerhorn.  

This cable car was more like an amusement park ride.  Instead of housing fifty people, it was a tiny thing with maybe room for 3 people on each side.  It ran automotically, opening the doors for people to get out, then people were to board by themselves, as no attendants for at hand, and then it closed by itself.  It was a pretty neat system.  We had the car to just the two of us.  I still sat on the floor, barely fitting between the two benches.  It was a very long ride up.

At the top, we began our longer journey.  It brought us fairly low and close to the glacier.

Looking upward from the beginning of the journey.

After a very long time, we turned away from the glacier and into the valley.  We visited a small restaurant and I bought the most expensive orange juice I've ever bought.  From there, we passed by a lake and entered the Talligrattunnel.  This tunnel lasted a good ten to fifteen minutes of fast walking.

Once on the other side, we curved back toward fieschalp.  We were able to get views of the second glacier behind us.

Back in town we witnessed someone and their dog pushing cows down the mountain.

Here is a video of the cows walking past us.

We left the hotel around 10:30.  We returned a little past 6:00.  Once sun had mostly gone down, we did a quick walk outside of the hotel to take pictures of some of town.  The town was the prettiest of the small towns in Switzerland.



Tomorrow we leave for Zermatt, to view the Matterhorn.  Zermatt will be our last stop before Geneva for the airport hotel.