Last weekend I went hiking again to the Aletsch Glacier with some friends from the lab, but this time got really closer to the glacier, so close that I actually touched it.
The Aletsch Glacier is the greates glacier in the Alps and in Europe and it was declared a UNESCO World heritage site.
This hike has aproximately 10 km and takes 4-5 hours, it's an easy-medium hike.
This website has some tips about the path and the profile, here they show the way from Fiescheralp to Bettmeralp, but I would recommend the other way around (as I did) because we could do most of the hike with an amazing view facing the glacier.
From Lausanne we took the train to Betten, via Brig (Lausanne-Brig-Betten), and in Betten the cablecar to Bettmeralp (Betten-Bettmeralp). After getting to the top we crossed the little village of Bettmeralp and got another cable carto Bettmerhorn (Bettmeralp-Bettmerhorn), this is the starting point of the hike and the place were we can take the most famous picture of the Glacier. From this point we just followed the signs to Fiescheralp, here we had to take another cablecar, this time, we went down to Fiesch (Fiescheralp-Fiesch) were we took the train back to Lausanne, via Brig once again (Fiesch-Brig-Lausanne).
The hike is not very hard although I must confess that after a couple of days my muscles were still sored.
I guess this is the perfect way to work out, hiking on the mountains with an amazing view, breathing fresh air and taking a lot of pictures, I wouldn't be able to do all of this on the gym :p
Pictures soon...
Pictures soon...
7 comentários:
Ah que inveja...pode ser que para o ano te possa fazer companhia numa caminhada!! :)
claudia: Eu tenho prometido a mim mesma que quando regressar a Portugal tenho que tirar mais partido das montanhas no nosso país. E a começar pelo Gerês que fica ali tão pertinho de Braga. Se estiveres nas redondezas aceito companhia de bom grado. =) beijinho
Waiting for the pics! You lucky girl! ;)**
Malena: Tenho que as comprimir para fazer upload. :)
O que eu adoro Gerês e o Minho!! Arcos de Valdevez, Ponte de Lima, Ponte da Barca...enfim um sonho de paisagens! :) Braga já não vou há mtos anos, mas gostava de lá voltar e conhecer bem a cidade!
Quando me referi a fazer-te companhia, estava a referir-me as caminhadas na Suiça...estou a ponderar dar "o salto" e ir viver para aí o ano que vem se tudo correr bem :)
claudia: Eu estou quase a regressar a Portugal, mas se vieres para estes lados, vou gostar muito de ter uma desculpa para voltar. Quem sabe não te faço uma visita. :)
boa boa!! acho mt bem :)
mas nao gostavas de ficar por aí a viver? nao terás mais oportunidades a nivel profissional?
apesar de tudo consigo compreender que deve ser mt dificil ter a familia e o namorado a viverem mt longe de ti!
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