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Schilthorn

July 5, 2003

Dear Friends and Families,

We woke up early and saw a sky that was bluer than we'd had for a week. This was promising. By 7:15 we were at the cable-car station and the video-cam showed a beautiful scene 5,000 feet above. We bought our early bird tickets and, although they were140 Swiss Francs for the pair (about $100) the trip was priceless.

Keep hoping for sun.

John and Marianne.

Here are our picture highlights.

Our hotel was in this little village of Stechelberg. It looked even smaller from our cable car.

The first of three transfer stations.

Our ride was literally just over the mountain crags.

Our goal was Schilthorn at 10,000 feet.

The panarama platform had useful maps of the surrounding peaks. However, the next picture shows the reality for this scene.

The view in any direction was spectacular. Clouds hid many of the distant peaks but that just made what we could see more special.

Breithorn mountain.

More peaks -- I'm not sure which these are. Snow-covered mountain peaks look a lot alike to city-folks.

I believe these three are (left to right) Eiger, Munch, and Jung Frau. That puffy cloud along the bottom almost obscured the mountains within an hour.

Even more peaks.

When we looked down at the transfer station at Birg, the boiling fog was threatening to hide our ride home.

Back at Breithorn, the view seemed to change from minute to minute. The sun angle changed. The fog attacked and retreated.

One of the treats was the James Bond Champagne Breakfast. The movie "On Her Majesty's Service" was filmed at Schilthorn and there is a theater where clips of the chase scenes down the mountain were showing.

The best part of the meal was looking out the windows. The platform rotated so we saw everything.

By the time we were ready to leave, the fog had obliterated Birg and the ariving tram seemed to materialize in mid-cloud.

Going down, we looked up at the same peaks we had looked down at. I don't know which is better!

The last leg of the cable car ride went past rocks that seemed close enough to touch.

We also passed tourists on the way up. Thinking about the fog we'd seen above, I was thankful we'd taken the first tram up the mountain. But, the fog comes and goes, so I'm sure they'll have their special vistas too.

ps: For more see: www.schilthorn.ch

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	Our hotel was in this little village of Stechelberg. It looked even smaller from our cable car.		The first of three transfer stations.
Our ride was literally just over the mountain crags.		Our goal was Schilthorn at 10,000 feet.
	The panarama platform had useful maps of the surrounding peaks. However, the next picture shows the reality for this scene.		The view in any direction was spectacular. Clouds hid many of the distant peaks but that just made what we could see more special.
Breithorn mountain.		More peaks -- I'm not sure which these are. Snow-covered mountain peaks look a lot alike to city-folks.
	I believe these three are (left to right) Eiger, Munch, and Jung Frau. That puffy cloud along the bottom almost obscured the mountains within an hour.		Even more peaks.
When we looked down at the transfer station at Birg, the boiling fog was threatening to hide our ride home.		Back at Breithorn, the view seemed to change from minute to minute. The sun angle changed. The fog attacked and retreated.
	One of the treats was the James Bond Champagne Breakfast. The movie "On Her Majesty's Service" was filmed at Schilthorn and there is a theater where clips of the chase scenes down the mountain were showing.		The best part of the meal was looking out the windows. The platform rotated so we saw everything.
By the time we were ready to leave, the fog had obliterated Birg and the ariving tram seemed to materialize in mid-cloud.		Going down, we looked up at the same peaks we had looked down at. I don't know which is better!
	The last leg of the cable car ride went past rocks that seemed close enough to touch.		We also passed tourists on the way up. Thinking about the fog we'd seen above, I was thankful we'd taken the first tram up the mountain. But, the fog comes and goes, so I'm sure they'll have their special vistas too.