Trummelbach Falls And Beyond

The weather turned wet. It can really rain in the Alps. All-day down-pours. All-night too. So what does the enterprising tourist do in such circumstances? Right! Go see waterfalls! And in Lauterbrunnen Valley, they even have indoor waterfalls, namely, Trummelbach Falls, a 10-cascade extravaganza that occurs inside the mountain.

Thus; it's a major tour bus stop, but we did it in '89 with the
girls, and, what the hey, it was really raining outside

First, you ride up a couple hundred feet in the indoor
funicular

That's to cascade #6; then you hike up to cascade #10, and
then work your way down

Fortunately, it's all illuminated on the inside

Thus

And thus

And thus

It's pretty cool, actually; and wet; anyhow, here, after the
Trummelbach experience, we had one of those really
singular experiences on trips such as ours: some folks from
Billings, Montana, were walking by, noticed our Montana
license plates, did a more-than-usual double-take, and then
talked with Vicki at length about what we were doing, what
they were doing, etc. Nice folks (I was still up the mountain);
above, looking from Trummelbach back down the
Lauterbrunnen Valley

Anyhow, the falls are inside that mountain

It had been raining heavily for hours, and, in a place like
Lauterbrunnen Valley, that means all sort of "new"
waterfalls show up where none had been the day before

And existing falls become real gushers

We proceeded on, up and over Grimsel Pass; here we are
parked at a lake at the top of the pass, watching these
insane fisherpersons; it is 42 degrees outside, wintry mix,
gale winds, and they are fishing; they finally left while we
were there and had a sizable basket full of fish

A bit of Grimsel Pass coming down, and Furka Pass going up
the other canyon; I think we did Furka a couple years ago