Instead of doing the 4 Passes bus tour, we decided to visit the lakes area at the end of the Hasliberg Valley beyond Meirengen and Innerkirchen just below the Grimsel Pass. The objective was the Handeck funicular (Gelmerbahn) up to Lake Gelmer then walk down. We knew from the literature and pictures that the funicular was steep, but it was ridiculously steep! Terrifying in fact. For me anyway. I spent the whole trip up with my eyes shut. The funicular reaches a slope of 106 degrees - given that 90 degrees is straight up, this gives you an idea of how steep it is. And it's high. When going up you can look directly down over the rail line and cable hauling you up. I thought the Pilates rail designer was a nutter, but the person
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