From Männlichen Gipfel, a wide vista sweeps from left to right: Grindelwald Valley, Wetterhorn, Eiger (middle pyramid, the Ogre 13,026 feet elevation), and Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. A gondola (gondelbahn) connects Grindelwald with Männlichen, where a cable car goes down to Wengen (Luftseilbahn Wengen-Mannlichen). From Mannlichen station, walk uphill 15 minutes for a stunning view. The world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway (Wengernalpbahn) goes from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. From Kleine Scheidegg, another cog train (Jungfraubahn) ascends steeply inside the Eiger to Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. Two vertical miles (3000 meters) of mountain rise from valley bottom to Eiger top. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007). Panorama stitched from 7 images. Published 2.4 meters wide on a private kitchen backsplash in Switzerland 2009. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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