Switzerland - Schilthorn - 8.30.2009
On our acclimatization day we rode the Gondola from Murren up to the Schilthorn and then hiked back down to Murren... ~4 mile hike, gaining 150 feet of elevation and losing 4520 feet of elevation.
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Gspaltenhorn and Bluemlisalp from the Schilthorn.
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Left to right... Mittaghorn, Grosshorn, Breithorn, Gspaltenhorn and Bluemlisalp.
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Looking north from the Schilthorn to Thunersee (lake) near Interlaken.
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Schilthorn summit (2970m) and observation deck... Monch (barely visible) and Jungfrau on the left... Mittaghorn on the right.
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Birg (2677m) is the intermediate station between Murren and Schilthorn.
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The start of our trail down from Schilthorn... left to right in the distance... Wetterhorn, Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau, Gletscherhorn and Abeni Flue.
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Left to right... Monch, Jungfrau and Gletscherhorn.
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The trail is steep on the way down from Schilthorn.
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ragman, aceman, Denali Girl, Nanda, Anna Purna and larman... Gspaltenhorn and Bluemlisalp beyond.
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Looking back up at Schilthorn as we work our way down.
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Looking up the Sefinental valley to Gspaltenhorn... Bluemlisalp on the right.
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Looking down the Schilttal valley to the Schiltalp (cheese makers) huts... left to right in the distance... Wetterhorn, Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau and Gletscherhorn... Wasenegg ridge in the lower right corner.
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Murren on the way down from Schilthorn... the Allmendhubel restaurant is on the far left plateau.
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Looking back at Schilthorn.
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aceman, Nanda, larman and Anna Purna hiking down from Schilthorn.
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Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau... Murren is lower left.
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Grauseetoli (lake) below Birg... Wetterhorn in the distance... the green ridge running left to right beyond Birg has Mannlichen, Tschuggen and Lauberhorn.
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aceman checks out a cairn and inukshuk garden.
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We are getting further away from Schilthorn.
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Wetterhorn, Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau and Gletscherhorn from the inukshuk garden.
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Taking a break at the Schilthorn Hut.
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Grosshorn and Breithorn from the Schilthorn Hut.
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Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.
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Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau, Gletscherhorn, Abeni Flue, Mittaghorn, Grosshorn and Breithorn.
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Dropping steeply towards Murren... Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau across the Lauterbrunnen valley.
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Trail blockers.
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Continuing down towards the next refreshment stand... Gletscherhorn, Abeni Flue, Mittaghorn and Grosshorn are across the valley.
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larman, Nanda and aceman take a break at the Sonnenberg Pension restaurant... Monch and Jungfrau in the distance.
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Almost back to Murren... Gletscherhorn, Abeni Flue, Mittaghorn and Grosshorn across the valley.
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