Grindelwald

The Bachalpsee lake is a hidden lake in the mountains above the cable car station of First high above the Grindelwald Valley floor. The lake is reached after a walk of about an hour from the cable car.

The eastern side of the lake is usually a much quieter location for a picnic.

The views of the Jungfrau and Eiger from the lake shore are stunning.

From the lakes there are a number of walks, a fairly straightforward one is the one that goes down a track below the First cable car and continues onto a bus stop with a closeby cafe.

First is a small summit above he Grindelwald Valley. It has a cable car system that terminates in Grindelwald Town.

The cable car provides easy access to summer walking tracks and winter ski routes.

The cable car station is within easy reach of the Bachalpsee lake.

The Schreckfeld is an intermediate cable car station on the Grindelwald First system.

There is a restaurant close to the station from which there are great views of the Jungfrau and Eiger across the Grindelwald Valley.

Grosse Scheidegg or big watershed is a high mountain pass ( over 1962 m) connecting the alpine valleys of Grindelwald and Meiringen. Due to the winding twisting nature of the road, it is only open to bus traffic.

From the pass there are a number of walks setting out - one takes you to the First cable car station, another brings you right down the valley past the glaciers. In the Meiringen Valley there is a waterfall - Reichenbachfal - that can be reached by funicular.

The trail from Grosse Scheidegg meanders down the mountain side, crossing the looping bus route route, cutting several km off the journey.

The track passes below the Wetterhorn and the Grindelwald glacier, though it is fairly hidden form the track.

The upper Grindelwald valley is bounded on the south by the Eiger and Wetterhorn and on the north by the Schwarzhorn.

From the northern side, the view south across the Eiger and Wetetrhorn is stunning.

Following the tracks across the Schwarzhorn gives great views over Interlaken.

The gorge of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier has been tunnel and a walkway built in the cliffs to allow visitors hike easily through this impressive work of nature.

The gorge is easily walk able for about a kilometre from the hotel bearing the same name.

There is a rock and crystal museum at it's entrance. The gorge is popular with climbers and canyon jumpers.

The Upper Grindelwald Glacier rises in the snow fields between the Schreckhorn and Wetterhorn in the Bernese Alps.

The glacier is about 6km long.

Don't be confused by the name, this is not the only or the first cable car in the Grindelwald Valley but the one that goes to a minor summit called First.

First from which there is an easy walk to Bachalpsee is easily reached by the aerial Gondola from Grindelwald, with intermediate stops at Bort and Schreckfeld.

First is easily reached by aerial gondola from Grindelwald. The cableway stops at the intermediate stations of Bort and Schreckfeld