Permanent Tourist

The personal website of Mark Howells-Mead

Posts about cable car

  • Cable cars emerging from a cloud inversion at Grindelwald

    Trying to communicate scale

    How to help a viewer to better understand the scale of a scene.

  • A nerve-wracking trip to Birg cable-car station

    My only cable-car trip into the high Alps this past winter season was in February. Webcam confirmation of a fabulous cloud inversion encouraged me to get into the mountains after a long abstinence. I expected the visit to be be a nerve-wracking experience thanks to so many people wearing their coronavirus face-masks around their chins,…

  • Birg to Mürren through the clouds

    Birg to Mürren through the clouds

    I’m looking forward to the new cable-cars next year. I hope that they’ll have dirt-repellent, scratch-resistant windows. (Sequence filmed in February 2021.)

  • Unter dem Birg to Engstligenalp

    Unter dem Birg to Engstligenalp

    Time-lapse sequence of the cable car ride from the valley station to the mountain station.

  • Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Mürren to Gimmelwald

    Mürren to Gimmelwald

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Gimmelwald in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Birg to Mürren

    Birg to Mürren

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Birg to Mürren in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Schilthorn to Birg

    Schilthorn to Birg

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Schilthorn to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Riederalp to Hohfluh

    Riederalp to Hohfluh

    Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.

  • The old cable-car station on the Wetterhorn in Switzerland

    The first cable-car in Switzerland

    The Wetterhorn Aufzug in Grindelwald took visitors up towards the Wetterhorn until 1915.

  • Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.

  • The flying rubbish truck

    The flying rubbish truck

    The rubbish collection service at Bettmeralp – a car-free village in the mountains of upper canton Valais – must be unique in the world. In the absence of any road connection to the village, a 7.5-tonne lorry is carried up and down the mountain by cable-car.

  • Betten to Bettmeralp

    Betten to Bettmeralp

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Betten to Bettmeralp in Swiss canton Wallis.

  • Stockhorn to Chrindli

    Stockhorn to Chrindli

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Stockhorn to Chrindli in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Aescher-Wildkirchli

    The small «Berggasthaus» beneath the cliffs in canton Appenzell is one of the most famous destinations in Switzerland.

  • Ebenalp to Wasserauen

    Ebenalp to Wasserauen

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Ebenalp to Wasserauen in Swiss canton Appenzell.

  • Gimmelwald to Stechelberg

    Gimmelwald to Stechelberg

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Gimmelwald to Stechelberg in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp

    Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Birg to Schilthorn

    Birg to Schilthorn

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Birg to Schilthorn in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.

  • Mürren to Birg

    Mürren to Birg

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.