Europe 2022 Day 11: Mountain View Trail

We woke up on Sunday to a beautiful clear day! I enjoyed my run down the valley before enjoying breakfast at our hotel.

 

A gorgeous morning for a run!

We had plans to go to Murren, but decided to take the Mountain View trail, which is a little more difficult than walking the flat path from Grutschalp.  The hike is about six miles and has absolutely gorgeous views, especially on a clear day!

Exiting the cable car and this is the view. Unbelievable.

The train is on its way to Murren. I know the passengers get beautiful views from the train, however, we definitely prefer the walk/hike there!

We stopped constantly to take photos. It was so beautiful.

We were taking panoramic photos, hoping to get one to hang up in our house. This one is definitely in the running.

We were having a great time together

Me with the Monch, Eiger, and Jungfrau

Simply stunning

Another panoramic photo that I love

Jumping for so much joy!

We literally could not stop taking pictures

We did this hike back in 2014 from the other direction. At that time it was only us on the trail. We definitely saw more people this time on this beautiful day.

Ken was loving this hike

Another gorgeous view

There is this hotel that is above Murren called Hotel Sonneberg. I have always wanted to stop there for lunch, but something seemed to always prevent us from doing so. Not on this day! We stopped and enjoyed wine and lunch. It was perfect.

Our lunch view

Hotel Sonneberg

After lunch, we walked down to Murren.  We had plans to stop at Hotel Bellevue for a drink. 

Darling Murren

The view from Hotel Bellevue, it has one of the best views in Murren in my opinion.

After Murren, we walked down to Gimmelwald and enjoyed a drink at the brewery. We took the cable car back to Stechelberg and did our favorite walk back to the valley. It was such a gorgeous evening so we walked up to the viewpoint to get a photo of the church without all the clouds.

Lauterbrunnen

So charming

Such a fun day in the Berner Oberland!

Europe 2022 Day 10: Hiking to Hotel Obersteinberg and Oberhornsee

We woke up early on Saturday so that we could have an early breakfast and hit the trail to Hotel Obersteinberg.  We decided to hike via Stechelberg this time instead of Gimmelwald as we did in 2017 and 2021.  We were headed down the valley towards Stechelberg bright and early.

 

My favorite house in the valley on a bright sunny morning.

Starting the ascent above Stechelberg

It was such a beautiful morning with amazing views.

Ken was loving the hike. He borrowed a trekking pole from Hotel Staubacch

We arrived at Hotel Obersteinberg pretty early.  We had a coke and decided that we would go ahead and hike up to Oberhornsee before coming back to Obersteinberg for lunch.

Hiking towards Oberhornsee

The path getting up to Oberhornsee

We made it to Oberhornsee

I was having a great time and was glad that we finally decided to hike up to the lake.

I was a little surprised at how small the lake was, but it was beautifully situated amongst the mountains.

Oberhornsee

Happiness

Oberhornsee

The blue sky was trying to peek out while we were at Oberhornsee

This hike has so many views of many different waterfalls

Crossing the bridge to get back to Obersteinberg

Although it was not dangerous, the part with the railing up kind of scared me a bit. My fear of heights seems to get stronger each trip.

More beautiful scenery on our way back to Obersteinberg

Beer, wine, and soup are just around the corner

We made it back to Hotel Obersteinberg

Enjoying a glass of wine at a mountain hut just hits differently

I was hopeful that the clouds would clear and that we would get to see bluebird sky, but it did not happen.

Ken loves visiting Hotel Obersteinberg too. He also loved that the hike from Stechelberg was not nearly as steep as the hike from Gimmelwald.

Other hikers arriving at Hotel Obersteinberg

We enjoyed lunch and our drinks and bought a few candy bars to have as snacks for the hike back to Lauterbrunnen.

Hotel Obersteinberg

This is always a must-do hike for us for sure.

A full overview of Hotel Obersteinberg

Beautiful scenery on our way back to Stechelberg

Simply gorgeous

We made it back down the valley and stopped at Berggasthaus Trachsellauenen for a bottle of wine.  

After enjoying our wine and live music at Trachsellauenen, we continued on towards Stechelberg and back to the Murren cable car where we stopped at Marji's. We sat and watched the BASE jumpers for a bit before grabbing our traditional to-go drinks to walk back to Lauterbrunnen.

One of the many BASE jumpers

Our favorite moment of the day. To-go drinks from Marji's and walking down the valley.

We made it back to Lauterbrunnen and stopped at Camping Jungfrau for dinner. Ken had rosti and I had fondue. It was such an amazing day. 

My delicious fondue. It never gets old having it in Switzerland.

All in all, it was roughing an 18-mile hiking day.  This hike is always my favorite to do in Lauterbrunnen. I definitely prefer the hike from Gimmelwald for the views of the valley, but any route to Obersteinberg is beautiful.

Such a fun day with Ken. Until next time Obersteinberg