{"id":8912,"date":"2020-12-06T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8912"},"modified":"2020-12-06T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:27:31","slug":"eiger-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8912","title":{"rendered":"Eiger Express"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a huge snowfall overnight, Phillipp from Central Sport measured 44 centimetres on his balcony. That’s going to mean a lot of digging later on, but now we’re off to see the huge new lift that opened yesterday – the Eiger Express. It runs from Grindelwald up to Eigergletscher. The lift station at the bottom is more like a shopping centre or an airport. Lots of shops.<\/p>\n

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A noodle bar.<\/p>\n

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A big sports shop with ski hire.<\/p>\n

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There are lots of hospitality outlets too. Most importantly however, there’s a Lindt chocolate shop with a splendid pick ‘n mix.<\/p>\n

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We got on the lift to go up to Eigergletscher. The weather’s awful, so it’s not busy. Each gondola seats 26 people, and we had one to ourselves.<\/p>\n

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There are 44 of these gondolas, and the journey to the top takes just 15 minutes. The top station at Eigergletscher is huge.<\/p>\n

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From here you can go skiing, or catch the train up to the Jungfraujoch, which is the real reason that the lift was built. It’s all pretty impressive, but for 500 million francs I suppose it should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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