Via Alpina, Switzerland

July - August 2023

A custom adventure on the Via Alpina in Switzerland with G1 Adventure Tours! Read more

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- Jul 25, 2023
- ☀️ 99 °F
- Altitude: 230 ft
- United States California Placer County Roseville Secret Ravine 38.761286, -121.24991338°45’41” N 121°14’60” W
Reading frantically, with coffee
July 25, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 99 °F
4 books, printout of our itinerary, and my computer…. This is going to be AWESOME!
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- Jul 26, 2023, 11:32am
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 89 ft
- United States California San Mateo County Millbrae San Francisco International Airport 37.617675, -122.38747537°37’4” N 122°23’15” W
Day 1
At SFO, time for fun lines!
July 26, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Thanks to Carrie Morris for a ride this morning!
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- Jul 26, 2023, 2:33pm
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 52 ft
- United States California San Mateo County Lomita Park 37.618392, -122.39383537°37’6” N 122°23’38” W
Day 1
5 of us together… oh my!
July 26, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
5 of the 8 of us on this flight sitting together. It will be way too loud!
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- Jul 27, 2023, 12:23pm
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 1,332 ft
- Switzerland Zurich Zürich (Kreis 1) / City Sihl 47.379514, 8.53372247°22’46” N 8°32’1” E
Day 2
Swiss Train to Luzern
July 27, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Took us a bit, but we figured out the Swiss App SBB and we think we got on the right train!
Traveler Well, we kind of were riding First Class there! Haha! Monika Ryser (guide) found us on the train that we are really second class types!
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- Jul 27, 2023, 2:54pm
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 1,453 ft
- Switzerland Lucerne Luzern station 47.051298, 8.3122347°3’5” N 8°18’44” E
Day 2
Lucerne!
July 27, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
History and beauty!
Traveler The “motley crew.” 😍
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- Jul 28, 2023, 7:52am
- ☀️ 64 °F
- Altitude: 1,467 ft
- Switzerland Lucerne Luzern station 47.050005, 8.31079147°3’0” N 8°18’39” E
Day 3
Lucerne was beautiful, off to Engleberg!
July 28, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Enjoyed an amazing dinner at Rebstock, and wonderful accommodations at the Hotel Monopol! Now on the train to Engleberg with our Echo Rails and Trails hostess, Monika Ryser.
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- Jul 28, 2023
- ☁️ 64 °F
- Altitude: 6,214 ft
- Switzerland Obwalden Kerns Melchsee 46.773083, 8.2684246°46’23” N 8°16’6” E
Day 3
Hiking to Melchese Frutt, luxury!
July 28, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Our first full day of hiking was such a success with the gondola to Joch Pass then hiking to Melcheese Frutt to stay in the beautiful Frutt Lodge and Spa. Yes! Spa! What a way to recover from a great hike through Switzerland! Then a delicious dinner at the PostHaus followed by a visit from some thirsty cows.Read more
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- Jul 29, 2023, 6:48am
- ⛅ 54 °F
- Altitude: 6,214 ft
- Switzerland Obwalden Kerns Melchsee 46.773154, 8.26834246°46’23” N 8°16’6” E
Day 4
Gondola the 8 miles of Swiss beauty!
July 29, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
Train the. Bus from Luzern to Engleberg then gondola to Jochpass… started the hike today! Welcome to the Via Alpina! Hiked to Melchsee Frutt.
Traveler The scenery is spectacular! ENJOY!!!
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- Jul 29, 2023
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 1,975 ft
- Switzerland Bern Meiringen 46.726648, 8.18779646°43’36” N 8°11’16” E
Day 4
Via Alpina, Melcheese Frutt to Meiringen
July 29, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Second day of hiking, first day for our two groups to split up. But not before conquering the first giant climb 3 miles to 7,000+ feet together! Through cows and up the mountain we climbed together to see a glimpse of eternity on the other side! Glaciers so large, valleys so deep, views to the end of the world! So proud of this whole group to make it to the top!
Then it was good-bye as Gloria led her group back and my group pressed on to complete about 7.5 more miles to Ruiti to catch the tram to Meiringen. We had dropped about 3500’ of elevation and our legs were done. The Park Sauvage Hotel greeted us and we enjoyed a great dinner at Sherlock Holmes’ Corner followed by a meringue dessert in honor of the town that claim to have invented it.Read more
Traveler WHEW!!! Hang in. You’re all doing GREAT.
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- Jul 30, 2023
- ⛅ 55 °F
- Altitude: 3,724 ft
- Switzerland Bern Egg 46.621029, 8.00086246°37’16” N 8°0’3” E
Day 5
Meiringen to Grosse Scheidegg so far!
July 30, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
After a delicious breakfast and Sunday morning devotional time, we said good-bye to Sherlock Holms and caught a bus up to the famous Rosenlaui Hotel where we took a photo with the owner, reducing our hike mileage to hike to the top of the pass, so we have done 5.5 miles before lunch at the restaurant on top of the pass, Grosse Scheidegg.Read more
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