Our last day and we actually left the area for a different side of the mountain. Pushups on the train track, why not? Views from out and inside the train ride around Lake Brienz. This Sunday train was relatively empty so we each took our own row.
The 2+ hour train/bus excursions found us over at Naturresort Handeck in Grimsel Valley for a couple of rounds of disc golf for the guys.
The course was embedded into a thick fern and moss forest with tall trees and massive boulders.
A couple of holes sliced through an open meadow allowing for incredible Swiss mountain views.
The girls ventured off exploring the woods and enjoying the toasty sun in the meadow. Toward the end we were captivated by the speed of the sun going down behind a tall mountain. This enabled us to take a time lapse video tracking the shadow movement onto where we were resting.
After Disc golf we headed across Handeggfallbrücke bridge. This suspended bridge was free, fun, and high.
It connected the Naturresort to The Gelmerbahn Funicular, considered one of the steepest in Europe (109 degree vertical climb at some point), with breathtaking views of the valley and the summit. We rode on this backward up to the top of the mountain.
After walking down a path we were greeted with this amazing view of Gelmersee Lake.
Yes an alpine lake, although dammed up to protect the valley below. It was beautiful.
After hiking around for a few hours we descended on the funicular forward facing down the mountainside to catch our bus, then trains to get home for Cody. The train home was packed. We finally found a place for us to sit near each other in the cafe car. It was nice to experience different landscapes, feel incredibly small in a forest, skip rocks, throw snow in September, and see colorful sunsets in different natural spaces.
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