As promised, here is a full report on the hike I did in the upper Lauterbrunnen Valley.

I started off where the public road ends and walked up the valley towards the mountains:


Turning back you get a view of the valley with its mostly vertical walls:


There used to be silver and lead mining here, the ruins of the smelting hut are right beside the path:


The path climbs up the steep valley side, but there are views to compensate for the effort:




At last the gradient becomes easier, walking upon a grassy shoulder towards the glacier in the background. I am aiming for a little tarn at the foot of the glacier.


After another steep climb the tarn is reached - it is no longer quite full, but enough water remains for a swim...

There's even a piece of flat ground up here!


Walking back I did a little loop, following the runoff from the glacier with great views of the massive peak of the Jungfrau.




Rhian carefully -*test*-('")ing a bridge:


Looking at the water you can see why in German the glacier runoff is calld 'glacier milk'...


Instead of walking back high above the valley I descended to the bottom as soon as I could to get some views of the countless cascades and falls in the area:




We'll be back!

just so stunning!