Glacier hiking on the largest and greatest glacier of the alps ALETSCH!
Moving trough this alpine environment is truly nice experience. Even though when we realise, that this glacier is getting SMALLER every year and we know unfortunatelly that it won't be here forever.. it is SAD news.
We have started this tour at the Highest railway station in Europe - JUNGFRAUJOCH 3454m, then we've left that overcrowded place, by gearing up for the glacier tour.. and moved up to the "JUNGFRAUFIRN" which led is to the crossroad, where all the glaciers are connecting together in one, place called "KONKORDIAPLATZ". It is truly an extraordinary and quiet part of the swiss alps.
There we left the glacier by taking the stairs, so called "stairway to heaven" up to KONKORDIA HUT at 2850m. We've enjoyed the rest of the day up there and watched the sunset.
Next day we've left the hut and descend back on the glacier and continued to "MARJELENSEE" which is the "exit" of this tour.
From there we took the regular hiking route to FIESCHERALP.
Altogether length of this tour: about 20km, from that 15km we were moving just on the glacier!!
The rest 5km is hike from Marjelen lake to Fiescheralp.
TIMELINE:
00:00 : Jungfraujoch
00:18 : Jungfraufirn
01:28 : Konkordiaplatz
02:45 : "Stairway to Heaven"
03:18 : Konkordiahutte
04:16 : Back on the Glacier
04:45 : Mighty Aletsch Glacier
08:03 : Our Exit: Marjelensee
patrik&teri 2018
