Birg to Mürren… with a detour
Beginning a hike from Birg station to the Schilthorn revolving restaurant, before changing my plans and walking down the very steep path to Allmendhubel and Mürren.
Mürren
Mürren is a small mountain village, perched on the edge of a ridge on the south-western end of the deep Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland.
Birg to Mürren… with a detour
Schilthornhütte, Switzerland
A small mountain cabin overlooking the Bluemental valley serves as a restaurant for hikers in the summer and for skiiers in winter. Between seasons, when the restaurant is closed, the spot is a blissfully peaceful point on the mountain, to which only determined walkers come. The Birg mountain station overlooks the scene, and on a summit in the distance, the…
New sales film from the Schilthorn
The Schilthorn Cableway has released a new short advertising film today, and as usual, it makes me want to head for Mürren straight away.
Awe-inspiring Schilthorn
The Schilthorn – topped by the Piz Gloria restaurant – is one of my favourite destinations in the Swiss Jungfrau Region. Whenever I see photos or film sequences, I can’t help becoming a little awe-struck. I still have to pinch myself from time to time, to be sure that the fact that I live within a half-hour drive of the cable car…
Schiltgrat to Mürren
A hair-raising sledge run - our first of this season - in the awe-inspiring Schilttal valley above Mürren.
The Blue Hour
The time between sunset and complete darkness is known in photographic circles as "the blue hour".
Mürren panoramas
A small selection of panoramic images from Mürren in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland.
Inspired by Adams
A small set of black and white landscape photographs, shot on an overcast day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
A gathering of Edelweiss on the Flower Path at Mürren.
Ascent to the Schilthorn
An eight and a half minute film of the journey up to the Piz Gloria restaurant on the Schilthorn.
Schilthorn in the mist
A day in the clouds at the Piz Gloria mountain-top revolving restaurant.
Schilthorn in the clouds
Small gallery of photos from a 2005 summer trip to the Piz Gloria revolving mountain-top restaurant above Mürren, made famous by the 1969 James Bond Film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".