An absolute stunner of a day for us today, starting with a saunter down to the Lake to gauge visibility and sure enough – pretty good….

After various discussion with the site personnel and a fair bit of googling we have decided that our best course of action is to drive the relatively short distance up to Stechelberg where there is a huge car park at the cable car / bus terminal and go from there. There was no problem parking though it was pretty full and I suspect at the weekend and during the summer parking up here will be quite a challenge. Already the views of the surrounding mountains are quite incredible….

Before getting the cable car we take a closer look at Stechelberg waterfall and the fast flowing icy blue River Lutschene….

The cable car is packed to the rafters so no chance of evening admiring the views let alone capturing them as I am having to carry Tilly – who incidentally was getting a lot of fuss and attention but we took a moment at the top when the car had emptied out and wow….

Murren was just a bit unreal with 360 degree of mountains all around – most significantly the Eiger 3970m, Monch 4107m and Jungfrau 4158m (4 times the height of Snowden!!)….

And towering immediately overhead the Schilthorn 2970m….

The main street of the traffic free village was quite busy but by wandering through the beautiful back streets it was peaceful and magical….

It was also surprisingly warm and so after a while we were quite content to find a little bit of shade and just sit for a bit soaking it all up….

Words fail but I hope the photos give you just a small measure of how stunning it is.

After taking a slightly less crowded cable car back down we caught the bus to Lauterbrunnen and will continue in Part 2.