Pfingstegg - Baeregg - Pfingstegg - Milchbach - Hotel Wetterhorn
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Pfingstegg
Hotel Wetterhorn 4.5 hrs 5 miles ↑380 m ↓540 m Pfingstegg cableway moderate - strenuous |
Route: The Grindelwald-Pfingstegg cableway, whose lower station is found beside a road just below the village church, whisks you in seven minutes out of the village and onto a belvedere path for easy, but often spectacular walks on a terrace high above the meadows. There are geology trails with rocks and outcrops marked for inspection. There are amazing destinations to aim for too. This is a real gem of a walk along a path carved out of the steep mountain wall above the glacier gorge of the Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher. There are astonishing views of the eastern (Mittellegi) ridge wall of the Eiger, of the icefalls and glaciers that flow down from the Finsteraarhorn and its great arctic basin. On the return trip this walk meanders along the northern slopes of the Mättenberg towards the Oberer-Gindelwald-waldgletscher, visits the Restaurant Milchbach overlooking the glacier, before descending down to the Hotel Wetterhorn. Hikers can hike down to Grindelwald or take the Post bus that stops at the hotel.
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