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10-03-2022, 10:36 PM #1
What to do in Switzerland this weekend.
Ok bitches, here's the deal. I am headed to Geneva Friday for a Alpine Rescue conference and have 4 days to kill in central-esque Europe. I was originally going to go climbing but the weather is looking soggy. I need to be in Montreux Tuesday early evening.
So now I need an alternative plan. I was either going to do the vagabond American tourist and check out Bern and Zurich.
I would honestly rather be hiking or something but again not sure about the weather. I've found the fog in the US looks like the fog in Europe.
Would busting over to the Tyrol area and schussing some glaciers be an ok option? Looks like it's been snowing up high?
Hooker and blow are off the table, my wife would kill me if I spent that kind of money.
I know, 1st world problems.Last edited by sfotex; 10-04-2022 at 08:40 PM.
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10-03-2022, 10:43 PM #2Registered User
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Blow in Europe sucks balls (or so I've been told) hookers on the other hand...
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10-04-2022, 05:12 AM #3Registered User
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10-04-2022, 06:46 AM #4
If you are in Geneva then you are only a one hr. train ride to Cham.
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10-04-2022, 10:24 AM #5
A few of the Austrian glaciers have opened and gotten a little snow. Pitztal is probably closest. Stubai is open, closer to Innsbruck.
I don't think either Saas Fe or Zermatt are open.
I'd echo Mr. Mike regarding Luzern, it's pretty cool. I liked Basel a lot too.
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Just North of Basel on the train line is St. Louis with this nice hotel and restaurant: https://www.lavillak.com/.Last edited by Buster Highmen; 10-04-2022 at 11:12 AM.
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10-04-2022, 11:17 AM #6
Weather should be pretty good? Go hiking or climbing. Sone cloud on sat otherwise awesome conditions.
It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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10-04-2022, 11:20 AM #7
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10-04-2022, 11:21 AM #8
Löschen Tal has awesome hiking on the Ridge gondola gets you to 3000m ....may still be open?
But any valais valley should be pretty right now.It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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10-04-2022, 11:29 AM #9
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10-04-2022, 11:30 AM #10
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10-04-2022, 11:52 AM #11
60km. Train 2.5 hrs. Bus = 1hr 15 mins. Car: 1 hr
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10-04-2022, 11:54 AM #12
Train from Geneve to Chamonix is 2 hours 45 minutes with 2 train changes via Evian Les Bains.
Train from Geneve to Martigny is 1 hour 40 minutes with no train changes.
https://www.sbb.ch/en/timetable.html
Train from Martigny to Chamonix used to be 1 hour 30 minutes, but it's not running now. I've gone from Vallorcine to Martigny a few times and it's easy, quick and beautiful.
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10-04-2022, 12:26 PM #13
Lauterbrunnen Valley is really cool too, easy train access via Interlaken.
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10-04-2022, 12:29 PM #14
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10-04-2022, 01:02 PM #15
Except that it will take you over three hours to get to Interlaken from Geneva
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10-04-2022, 01:09 PM #16
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10-04-2022, 02:02 PM #17
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10-04-2022, 02:39 PM #18
^^ If you go to Interlaken, go the rest of the way to Lauterbrunnen (short distance) and make it up to Murren. Or..go on the other side of the valley to Grindlewald. Spectacular views and some fun hiking around the Eiger, Munch, Jungfrau. Also lots of stuff on the Murren side of the valley, atop the 2,000' cliff wall that Murren sits on. Plenty to do in that area.
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10-04-2022, 03:59 PM #19Registered User
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10-04-2022, 04:08 PM #20
Nice Murren hotel: http://www.alpenblick-muerren.ch/ . The proprietress is Janet and she's a kick. Husband Thom makes excellent food, the restaurant is packed.
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10-04-2022, 04:15 PM #21
We went to Interlaken and up to Grindelwald back in 1999 and the weather was complete shite the whole time we were there.
We're going back next year. I vow to view the Eiger Nordwand... unless, of course, the weather is shite the entire time we're there.
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10-04-2022, 04:22 PM #22
Find a place to sit, eat bread and cheese and wash it down with wine for the duration of the stay.
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10-04-2022, 04:25 PM #23
Renting a scooter in Interlaken and heading up random paved roads through the the ski areas was one of the most fun things I've done in my life.
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10-04-2022, 04:28 PM #24
Other options are trains to Briancon or Oulx.
Oulx is faster and easy access up into the Milky Way/Col du Montgenevre.
Briancon is a 7+ hour backwater route through Grenoble, great visuals along the way.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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10-04-2022, 04:28 PM #25
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