Today we decided to Allmendhubel. We walked through town to find the trail.

A bit outside of the town I saw this building with wood stored for the winter. I wondered how they got it all up there.

We also passed this wood stored under a rock. I thought that was interesting.

We were dressed for rain but hadn’t put on our pack covers.   As we got a bit higher up the hills, we could look back at Murren. The weather was warmer than we expected and we had to take off layers.

It wasn’t too easy to find the Northface Trail that we planned to take but we persevered.

There was a man working on something outside this old house. We had to stop there to put our backpack covers onto our packs because it had started to rain.   I asked the man if I could take his photo. He told us that he was a tourist just like us from Germany. Then he revealed that he was only renting the house for the past 30 years.

It rained on and off sometimes harder than others and it created a muddy trail.

I loved the rock just up at the end of this part of the trail so I took a photo of Shirley.

Parts of the trail were pretty good. Here is Shirley ahead of me.

It didn’t rain all of the time and once in a while the mountains came into view.

The cows were still serenading us a bit. Listening to the creek beds as we passed by them was wonderful.

All in all, the hike was enjoyable in spite of the occasional rain falls. We talked with some of the people who were coming the other way. Some of them were out on the trails in gym shoes and blue jeans. They were certainly not prepared as hikers.

We passed Spielbedenalp but were not ready for lunch. It had been only about 140 meters elevation gain.

By about 1:30ish we had almost reached Spielbedenalp which was our goal for lunch. Our elevation gain  has only been about 560 feet.

We were pretty hungry by then and Shirley’s pumpkin soup and my goulash tasted pretty good. Shirley also ordered a piece of delicious chocolate pie. Spielbedenalp also has a few rooms for people to sleep.

I loved the view of the valley below as we continued hiking a bit uphill.

 

We continued to hike up to Allmendhubel to take the flower walk. But we are not in the right season to view many flowers so we just checked out the posters of flowers. I did take a photo of this “Spent” flower because I have been looking at them for days. I think they are pretty.

It was great to see the mountains as they came into view.

The weather had pretty much cleared. I love this rock face.

I can’t seem to get enough of the glacier views. This is the one we see from our room, but from a different angle.

Blue sky behind the mountains is always a treat to see.

The trail was now a pretty open gravel path. We came to a different unmarked trail and I thought it would be more fun to take it. The beginning of it was pretty slippery and steep. I think we were walking on a cow trail.

We made it down to the Blumental Panorama Trail. What a treat. The views of the mountains was breathtaking. We took photos of each other.

Just before we reached Mürren we noticed a cool waterfall off in the distance. My zoom lens came in handy to check it out.

It turned out to be another day of very enjoyable hiking.

Tonight we decided to treat ourselves and eat dinner at the Eiger Hotel Restaurant. We had made our reservation last night so we had a window seat. I know these photos of us are pretty dark, but it is the mountains in the background that are important.

What a treat to have such delicious salad and lamb dinners and look out the window at the same time.

We are having such a fabulous time in Mürren.