This past weekend I went on this hike with my friend Melissa, and we heard yodelers, which was one of the most amazing things that has happened to me on a hike thus far.
We chose this hike because it was where the coolest temperatures in Switzerland were predicted (28 C, only!). It has truly been a ranging inferno here, especially given the lack of A/C, so I was happy not to stay in the city (it was up to 35 C, or 95 F!). The day was sunny and perfect.
Because spring/summer arrived so late, the mountains were still incredibly green, and the wildflowers were in full bloom.
We first hiked up to the Bachalpsee, where we had a picnic and cooled off our feet in the ice-cold lake. We couldn't stay in too long before our feet developed ice cream headaches, but it was certainly refreshing!
From Bachalpsee, the hike went up to a pinnacle, which gave us a great vista over the surrounding mountains. We had to hike through some snow patches (further evidence of the late spring and extreme amount of snow last winter), which was a little slick, but we survived!
I took a video of the panorama from the top:
We then walked along a ridge, with mountains in every view. I felt like my eyes weren't big enough to take everything in!
We finished up at the Post bus stop in Bussalp, and had a nice cold Coke on a deck overlooking the valley. From start to finish, it was pretty much a perfect day in the mountains!
We chose this hike because it was where the coolest temperatures in Switzerland were predicted (28 C, only!). It has truly been a ranging inferno here, especially given the lack of A/C, so I was happy not to stay in the city (it was up to 35 C, or 95 F!). The day was sunny and perfect.
Because spring/summer arrived so late, the mountains were still incredibly green, and the wildflowers were in full bloom.
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| One of my favorite tundra plants that I hadn't seen in the Alps before! |
We first hiked up to the Bachalpsee, where we had a picnic and cooled off our feet in the ice-cold lake. We couldn't stay in too long before our feet developed ice cream headaches, but it was certainly refreshing!
From Bachalpsee, the hike went up to a pinnacle, which gave us a great vista over the surrounding mountains. We had to hike through some snow patches (further evidence of the late spring and extreme amount of snow last winter), which was a little slick, but we survived!
I took a video of the panorama from the top:
We then walked along a ridge, with mountains in every view. I felt like my eyes weren't big enough to take everything in!
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| Look at all that iron! |
We finished up at the Post bus stop in Bussalp, and had a nice cold Coke on a deck overlooking the valley. From start to finish, it was pretty much a perfect day in the mountains!
