Cows in alpine meadows Jungfrau region June 18?

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    11 June 2019 at 13:08:44 #822193

    Hello,

    We will be in the Jungfrau region from 18-22 June. Does anyone know if (or when) the cows have been moved to the high alpine meadows? Or areas where they may be during our visit?

    Thanks

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    11 June 2019 at 21:45:08 #914812

    I was in the Berner Oberland (in the Kander valley south of Spiez) in April, and I heard a cocopheny of bells – I looked up onto the hillside opposite and the cows had just been let out of their barn into the field for the first time of the year . Its great fun to watch (I’ve seen it at Easter before when sitting outside a holiday chalet near Zweisimmen).

    So cows will be in fields at least up to ‘medium’ altitude – say up to 1800m

    Sharpl
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    12 June 2019 at 18:57:14 #914813

    We are here now. Cows are everywhere!

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    12 June 2019 at 18:57:58 #914814

    What would a trip to the alps be without the cacophony of bells!

    Thanks for the input. The mountain web cams still show a lot of snow, so I wasn’t sure if/when the cows would arrive.

    Does anyone have input on cows in the Murren/Gimmelwald area in particular?

    thanks

    mike

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    12 June 2019 at 22:42:21 #914815

    Question for the group: How many kilos of cheese can be produced by 10 Swiss cows during one 4month season in the mountains? (True fact related to me by hut keeper/dairy farmer in Blackenalp)–

    (a) 100 kilos

    (b) 500 kilos

    (c) 1500 kilos

    (d) 3500 kilos

    Answer to come in following post.

    NTL

    Drtrupper
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    13 June 2019 at 12:40:01 #914816

    Mikereynolds – we were in Murren/Gimmelwald last week and there were definitely cows and sheep everywhere. Take the walk from Murren to Gimmelwald or the Lauterbrunnen valley and you’ll find them!

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    13 June 2019 at 13:11:31 #914817

    3500 kilos.

    pvonk
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    13 June 2019 at 14:09:25 #914818

    That’s a little under 4 tons!

    now that’s a lot of cheese. Good thing I didn’t die yesterday as I wouldn’t have known that.

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    13 June 2019 at 15:58:18 #914819

    “Good thing I didn’t die yesterday…”— Thats a great line, pvonk. Mind if I use it?

    Yes, that is a lot of cheese, especially for only 10 cows over a few months.

    Another Swiss cow-related fact– the large herds that you encounter roaming free at higher elevations are generally not milk-producing, as it is impractical to round them up once or twice a day for milking. For the most part, they are the young cows that are maturing. Or bulls….

    pvonk
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    13 June 2019 at 16:18:40 #914820

    Sure, use the line all you want. I first heard it from my Swiss aunt. She had a sense of humor.

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    14 June 2019 at 10:18:22 #914821

    Hopefully still there in mid July?

    Annika
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    15 June 2019 at 5:30:07 #914822

    Hi LaurelMere! Do you mean whether you’ll still see cows up in the meadows mid July? In that case yes, you certainly will!

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