My last holiday in 2006 was planned for mountains and open natural sights around Lucerne & Lugano at age 75. My hikes were limited to downhill ones on mountain paths which still had some difficult parts to negotiate.  In any case, I’m going to let the photos tell their own story on the good side, the worst part for me being retold in the Blog “Perilous Adventure” Click pics to enlarge.                         

Mt Burgenstock

This a medium low mountain suitable for the family, with comfortable paths nicely decorated and breath-taking views. Ideal for a first mountain experience.

Mt Stanserhorn

This mountain had broken paths and was not recommended for the tourists in 2006 - refer My blog “Perilous Adventure”.  Here are a few more views taken then.

Mt Rigi - Cows’ paradise

This is a very good mountain both for cows and tourists. Many good level paths go in various directions to enjoy the scenery around and below. A few modern wooden huts are scattered around to serve the hundreds of cows grazing and bleating all day long.
Having arrived on an early trip, the haze was still on top, limiting my view to about 10 metres, so I kept well near the sides of the mountain when walking a narrow path having a scary steep slope on one side (see 1st pic). In an hour or so, the haze lifted thus enabling scenes below to be appreciated in a different way.

It’s interesting to note that cows stray in large grazing areas within a boundary of a simple thin ribbon, without supervision. .

Mt Pilatus

The above 6 shots were taken from the mountain’s top. The left bottom shot shows a of balcony hewn in its side which exits about 50 metres around its summit. One can choose to take a funicular to go all the way down or cable cars, which also stop at two intermediate stages. Hiking down one of these intermediate stages is a wonderful experience with exhilarating scenery and provision for tobogann rides etc. A walking stick is sorely needed for some rough parts to be negotiated properly. The lower intermediate stage which I did some years previously is easier than the upper part and both take roughly 4 or 5 hrs hours respectively for an average hiker.

Mt Brunni & Mt Titlis

These two mountains are in the same location but completely different in look, size, ambience etc.  Mt.Brunni is a “family” mountain of medium to low height and provides greenery, peaceful walks with good paths but also some countryside tracks which are not always easily identified.  Mt.Titlis and its surroundingg mountains can be seen very clearly from Brunni right across.  Titlis is of course a huge mountain not suitable for any hikes. The top is reached by a final Rotocar which my inclusive ticket did not cater for.
Carefully thinking out a sentence in German, I told the attendant “no wonder Switzerland is so rich” - which brought a nice grin to his face

Walking down took me over three tiring hours and reaching the first road leading to the village, I thumbed a lift to the centre from a helpful lady driving her car. There I had lunch and proceeded to Mt.Titlis a few hundred metres away.

Mt Titlis  -  click to enlarge any picture

My sojourn here didn’t last more than about 15 mts since it was freezing cold up there in my summer clothes. Combined with my old age & with a heart condition, it was actually a calculated risk! A further week in Lugano, with mountains & other sights, is depicted in another Blog.

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