On top of the Brienzer - Rothorn

Linds on top of the Rothorn with 4000m peaks in the background.

June 28th 2011
As predicted, today was another 30+degree day. What to do without roasting? We figured if we got up high it would be cooler so off to Brienz again where there is a connection to the Rothorn Cog Railway way up to the Rothorn Peak. The Brienz Rothorn Bahn takes you 7.6kms up the steep, 25 per cent gradient, and the 1678 metres in just about sixty minutes - a slow 60 minutes as the poor little ste ... read more

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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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