Finally. My thesis is finished. I am a free human again :)
The new gained freedom needed to be celebrated. My education reached new heights so we needed to do so physically as well hehe…sorry for the dad joke.
But yes - we, my Mum and me, went on a mountain hut trip in the Swiss Alps.
At parts challenging, all the way picturesque, and definitely worth it!
Day 1 – Isenfluh to Lobhornhütte
4.33km | ↗️ 830hm | 🔗
4.30 AM. The day start very early. We wanted all the time we could in the mountains.
Basel 🚊 Interlaken 🚞 Lauterbrunnen 🚌 Isenfluh
Now, just one more thing missing before we could start – Schweizer Gipfeli.
Without a lot of warming up the route directly ascended. From the quite small village up and into the forest.
The view remained quite foggy with just smaller gaps showing a preview of the actual mountainscape.
Mostly continously hiking with just some brief pauses in between, today's routes altitude shrink away.
And when it just left us with the last part – up along the Soulsbach passing by a swiss alp with some cows blocking our way.
Et voilà, the Lobhornhütte:
The rest of the afternoon we spend relaxing while enjoying the view and some delicious Swiss cheese.
In the evening we met our fellow hikers staying in the hut with quite a mix of nationalities🇺🇸🇨🇭🇳🇱🇮🇱🇧🇪
And listening to the different stories and what's there plan for the next days of hiking.
But when it was time to go to bed. Sleeping in our Bettenlager (a bunch of mattresses right next to each other)
Day 2 – Lobhornhütte to Schilthornhütte
10.7km | ↗️ 1.130hm | ↘️ 670hm | 🔗
The next day started. Today's route is going to be quite a bit longer and more difficult. That was clear from the get go.
But with fresh energy we started the day and slowly tackled the next hill.
Which already gave away quite a view. Is this not marvelous. The Swiss mountainscape is just so beautiful. Love it!
And a sneak peak. You can already spot from here where will need to go over the course of the next hours. Down the valley, up on the other side and over the mountain ridge.
And yes – climbing each bigger boulder on the way was a no-brainer. I mean how should you let a chance like this pass to enjoy such a view while just looking epic😛
With the first accent finished and already having descended into the valley. It was now back to slowly gaining altitude by following the along the valley.
With some minor hurdles of having to navigate through a herd of goats. Of which some got a little to close for our taste.
I am nor food nor enemy.
And already quite some energy burned throughout the day. Props to my mom to holding up that well!
Another challenge presented itself. A steep decent on loose stones up the mountain ridge.
Slowly climbing.
Taking our time.
Yessss! Another challenge completed. My mom definitely out of her comfort zone. We were very happy to be at the top.
Thooo…this still meant we needed to also get down a similarly steep slope on the other side. We knew the hut was in reach.
And just shortly after we could also see it.
After a long exhausting day we finally arrived.
With a splendid surprise.
A shower!
The mountain hut had a shower.
A perk rather rare in Swiss mountain huts.
A good feeling to wash away the sweat and dirt from today's work – before filling up all the burned calories at a delicious dinner.
Pumpkin soup, Salad, Alpler Macaroni and Titamisu…mhhhh
Finishing the day with a cup of Holdio warming our bodies (Hagebuttentee, Zwetschgenschnaps, and Zucker…no clue this was a thing)
With good company from around the world with some unexpected stories!🇦🇺🌲🇺🇸🇨🇭
Day 3 – Schilthornhütte to Grütschalp
7.3km | ↘️ 970hm | 🔗
Remaining on the third day was just the descent and when walking along the mountain to Grütschalp.
But with this view you can just not get enough of it. A landscape without mountains would just be missing something.
Back in Interlaken we enjoyed some coffee and lunch before heading home and getting ready for the next trip.
Thanks to @Tanja Höferlin for doing this amazing trip with me!🥰