EUROPE 02-Switzerland-Interlaken 3 (Lauterbrunnen) (17/08/02)

As mentioned earlier, there are two main valleys in Bernese Alps, the Grindelwald Valley and Lauterbrunnen Valley, separated by Mannlichen in the center. Looking southwest from Interlaken, Grindelwald is in the left and Lauterbrunnen is in the right. We stayed at the Grindelwald valley.

We left Jungfrauoch in the early afternoon and proceeded to the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Here is the Jungfrau as the train descended from Kleine Scheidegg to the valley.

The two peaks behind the valley is Breithorn (3,782m, left) and Tschingelhorn (3,557m).

The lush Lauterbrunnen Valley, with the towering Staubbach Waterfall which plunges 300 meters from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging cliffs above the Lütschine River.

The Lauterbrunnen Valley, Breithorn and Staubbach falls.

Spotlight on the Breithorn peak.

Spotlight on the Staubbach Waterfall.