The next day, we went to visit Pilatus, the highest mountain at the Vierwaldstättersee (I visited Rigi, with my parents many years ago, so I wanted mto save that for a later occasion, should we decide to visit this region of Switzerland again).
Of couse, we arrived just late for a departure of the cogwheel train going to the summit, so we had to kill over half an hour. Luckily, there is stuff to see an photograph in Alpnachstad.
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| This is probably Stanserhorn |
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| I really need a camera with a telephoto lens |
Finally on the train.
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| Closing in on the clouds |
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| The footpath to the summit |
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| Cable car going down to Kriens |
Walking up to the 'Esel'
And, here we are, 2118,7 metres above sea level. Actually, Esel is about 10 m lower than the Tomlishorn (2128,5 m) but there was a substantially longer walk there.
Walking down again.
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| Alpendohle (Pyrrhocorax graculus), Alp Jackdaw |
And, finally, going down again with the train. If you plan to visit her, bear in mind that it is rather expensive to use the train - we paid about £150 for the four of us.
