FollowIt’s the warmest day of the year so far, so it makes sense to go high for our exercise. There’s a walk from the top station of the cable car up to the Gipfel (peak) of the Männlichen mountain. In all the years we’ve been here we’ve never done it. Time to give it a try. There’s still a lot of snow up here, and most of the walks are closed owing to avalanche danger from the mountains above.
The path winds its way up the mountain, and gets particularly steep towards the top. Thankfully there are ropes to help. Val reaches the peak.
Up here we’re at 2343 metres above sea level (7687 feet). No trees, and big patches of deep snow. Spring has only just arrived at this altitude; flowers cover the mountainside.
The walk back down was a lot quicker than the ascent, and we certainly enjoyed our ice cream when we got home.