Started the day with breakfast, then fooled the advice of the hotel clerk - do the Matterhorn Glacier paradise (Gondola) then do the Gornergot Railway. She recommended this as the railway runs longer. I'm glad I took her advice, as in the morning, as you can see it was blue skies. I wasn't the first one on the gondola, but was on the first large cable car up to the Klien Matterhorn, where it terminates. The viewing platform is a lift ride up from there (stairs still closed)
You go from the viewing platform, if you've paid for that ticket, to the Glacier part - you go a story don into the glacier where there is a natural fissure, as well as a bored out tunnel system - not warm, abut the result of people visiting and the moisture from their breath I found cool. They also spenttime carving. There is a panoramic window at another point to let you see an adjoining peak and glacier.
I then headed down, visiting two stops long the way for the views, walked back through town and headed up to the Gonnergot railway. Full trip up, and back, is not cheap, but the rail pass got me half price on this system. Ate lunch at the top, with a full 360oC view.
The clouds rolled through all afternoon, which is why I was glad for this scheduling, as the view from the opposite side would have been lost. Back down, where I had planned on a hike, but the only trail was closed. There is still a lot of snow.
Even with the number of people i've seen, the town is light on tourists - from the number of signs i've seen, their real summer dosen't begin until Saturday - as the big hotel next to the church stated in their posting.
I headed back and chilled on the roof terrace, where you can see the Matterhorn just through the clouds. Organized myself to head to Mürren tomorrow!
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