Thursday we stopped waiting for clear weather and headed out in a hike uphill from Mürren. The North Face trail they call it, but it’s not in the North face of anything. Instead it offers wide views of the North Face of the Eiger-Mönch-Jungfrau wall. Or it does when the clouds go away anyways. But it was still a pleasant and fairly isolated, with nice alpine terrain yet again and cloudy days are good too, right? Less sunburn, no sunglasses, at least I tried to convince myself it was ok that the clouds were stubborn again today.

We rode the Allmendhubelbahn funicular, that is train pulled straight up the slope by cable, for a several hundred feet higher, then hike mostly along the mountainside for an hour or so before turning uphill and over a steep ridge. You’ll see photos from the top where the sun made a cameo through holes in the clouds.

Then we continue to our far point at Rotstockhütte, an alpine hut/inn. We had some cake and drinks and talked with of the innkeepers. We bought a bottle if their homemade “sirups” which is a sweetened tea really, this bottle made from spruce, yes the tree. The sample was good. I dont think they usually bottle the stuff, but she put some in a bottle and marked it for us to take.

We wound down into the forested canyon along the glacial river, a bit out of the way because we missed one turn somewhere. Back into the village of Gimmelwald and we rode the lift back to Mürren to save our tired feet. It was a long day, but felt good to get out.

Oh and there were more cows… :P.

The video is working now! Cow bells in the wind…