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10 March 2019 at 11:10:52 #820327

Hi Guys,

My wife and I will be visiting Grindelwald for 3 full days (not including travel days) from the 11/04/2019 until 15/04/2019. We will be coming to Grindelwald after finishing 10 days of skiing in Zermatt. We had the intention of seeing the scenery that Grindelwald has to offer and wanted to do the First Cliff Walk and Eigergletscher Trail. After doing more research, we have come to realise that the area will be shutdown and not suitable for hiking. We would like to ask what we could potentially replace those hiking activities with. We were very keen on hiking to experience some of the green mountain scenes that Switzerland is renowned for and since we would have spent 10 days skiing, we would not want to do any more skiing.

If it helps to suggest alternatives, we are in our 30s and fit.

Thanks,

-Rob

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Reply 1 of 8 • 10 March 2019 at 11:51:09 #906157

Hi Rob,

Use this below links to find alternative activities in the Grindelwald area:
– http://www.myswissalps.com/gr indelwald/activities
– http://www.myswissalps.com/in terlaken/activities
– http://www.myswissalps.com/la kethun/activities
– http://www.myswissalps.com/la kebrienz/activities
– http://www.myswissalps.com/be rneseoberland/activiti es

You will find hikes in all of these links. Keep an eye on the altitudes, however, and look here to get an idea of the weather you can expect (whereas this is a little difficult to generalise):
– http://www.myswissalps.com/hi king

Maybe this discussion on practically the same topic could also be inspiring for you: http://www.myswissalps.com/fo rum/topic/operating-dates-of-wengen-maennlichen-cable-car

Get back to us should you require further input.

Best,
Steph

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Reply 2 of 8 • 14 March 2019 at 3:40:49 #906158

Sorry for the late reply Steph, it took me 3 days to fully digest all the links you sent me, they were great and loaded with information.

In general, I am still unsure what can and can’t be done in April. Most particulary with First cliff walk, I am getting conflicting information with official sources and plenty of people stating it would be closed, but I also see people on traveladvisor stating they went in april and it was in fact, open.

I think I will just end up asking the local hotel management when I arrive in Grindelwald, I am sure there would be enough activities to fill 3 days pretty easily.

Thanks,

-Rob

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Reply 3 of 8 • 15 March 2019 at 1:32:37 #906159

Depends on how soon spring comes.

I’m hoping it comes late as I hope to do some skiing in Zermatt up to 14 April.

However in the past have seen green fields in early April in the Grindelwald/Wengen area (in part because it is generally lower altitude than Zermatt)

And I once did a day trip from Zweilutschinen (where I was staying with my wife) to Zermatt (where my brother was staying) for better skiing.

An alternative for good walking would be the Appenzeller Alps where the snow is quite likely to have gone

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Reply 4 of 8 • 17 March 2019 at 0:57:53 #906160

Hi Robert

We’re having quite a warm winter so far (spring has come early, I saw daffodils today), so it may be that you’re in luck with Grindelwald.

However, if your plans are flexible, I would suggest that from Zermatt, you could go to Ticino, which has some wonderful warmer weather and hiking, and one of the most beautiful parts of Switzerland: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti cino

If not, I agree with 1960man that the Appenzeller Alps would be great, as would the area around St Moritz, the Engadine: http://www.myswissalps.com/up perengadine and http://www.myswissalps.com/lo werengadine

Or alternatively the Jura mountains which are also at lower elevations extending from near Basel all the way to Geneva. There is some stunning scenery around Neuchatel and Fribourg for example.

Hope that helps!

Maria.

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Reply 5 of 8 • 17 March 2019 at 7:16:10 #906161

Hi Rob,

As stated by the other members, some destinations have to decide when to open which activity according to the weather.

The cable car to Mount First will be running normally, as you can see by using the timetable links.
http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable (use advanced timetable for your search)

I think your idea of asking locally is a good advise in any case as the weather is in charge of some decisions in the mountains. Keeping an eye on the weather for further detailed yourself is recommendable, too. Use this link: http://www.myswissalps.com/we ather/forecast

And last but not least two helpful links to keep you busy. 🙂
– http://www.myswissalps.com/we ather
– http://www.myswissalps.com/be sttimetovisit

We’re here for any further support.

Best,
Steph

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Reply 6 of 8 • 18 March 2019 at 2:33:01 #906162

thanks for all the replies everyone, I feel lucky for all this great free information provided by you all

I’m off on Sunday, Switzerland here we come!

-Rob

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Reply 7 of 8 • 18 March 2019 at 9:13:15 #906163

Hi Rob,

Soon heading off for your trip, hurrraaayy!!!

Feel free to share your experience with us guys of the forum as a “trip report”.. I’m sure it would be greatly appreciated… 🙂

ENJOY!

Best,
Steph

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Reply 8 of 8 • 19 March 2019 at 1:11:33 #906164

Lower altitudes and sunny:

http://www.myswissalps.com/fo rum/topic/the-swiss-path-and-southern-lake-lucerne

http://www.myswissalps.com/fo rum/topic/bls-sudrampe-trail

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