BigJimSlade
Before I continue, I have to note that traveling from Chamonix to Grindelwald, we took six trains. We only had to wait between 5 and 20 minutes for each one.
Männlichen is a mountain that separates Grindelwald from Lauterbrunnen. It has excellent views all around, especially of the mountains that dwarf it, the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. At a pass between here and the higher mountains is Kleine Scheidegg, where a cog railway connects the 2 valleys.
For this hike we took a gondola up from Grindelwald to Männlichen. From there we would walk a short spur trail called the Royal Walk, then turn around and head towards Kleine Scheidegg, then up to where the Eiger Express from Grindelwald drops off people off to get on the train to the Jungfraujoch (a spectacular viewpoint like Aiguille du Midi, but we didn’t go to this one), or to hike or climb or see the Eiger Glacier. After having lunch up there, we continued down to Wengen, a lovely town perched about 1,500 feet above Lauterbrunnen. From there we took a gondola back up to Männlichen and another back down to Grindelwald.
Today we’ll cover up to lunch time.
Views to the peaks behind Lauterbrunnen valley. Embiggen