FollowYesterday was wet and cold, but the forecast for today was much better, so we got up early and headed for Grindelwald. From there we caught a bus to a place called Bussalp high in the hills behind the village. There’s a restaurant at the top where we had coffee before starting our walk. Great views.
If you’re reading this in daylight there’s a 360 degree webcam here – click here to see it. The walk is quite steep to begin with before the path flattens out in the meadows below the restaurant.
There’s never been any skiing up here, but in winter the paths are used for snowshoe tours. Bussalp also has a claim to fame – the longest toboggan run in the world starts here. It’s 12.5 kilometres long. This is so popular that there’s a series of bars on the way down to make the run even more fun.
We emerge into a clearing to get this fantastic view of the Wetterhorn.
This cow seemed to want to have a conversation about something.
Eventually we reach our destination which is the hamlet of Bort. In winter the only way to get here is on the gondola lift.
Bort is part of Grindelwald’s ski area. In summer there’s another adrenaline fuelled way to get down – by scooter.
We took the gondola.
