12th of July the sun rose while the full moon set crystal clear above the most iconic and famous Swiss mountain peaks, like Fletschhorn, Dom, Matterhorn and Weisshorn. The weather was so promising, that I was ready to repeat a part of the tour from yesterday to show Robert around the beautiful landscape. Biking along Fiescheralp to Märjelen lake was a must see. From there we climbed close to the Aletsch glacier with splendid views.
You could read the middle moraines stretching through the whole length of the Aletsch. They were created by the different glaciers joining at Concordia place. High above we were able to see the Sphinx of the Jungfrau Joch and the Mönch dominating the horizon above the huge glacier fields. During summer the fresh snow has melted even on the glacier surface exposing the ice to more heat absorption by a lot of dark boulders, rocks, sand, and Glacier flour turning it into a dark grey elephant like skin.
There are photos existing from the time when the glacier used to be a lot higher and blocked the valley in such a manner that it created a lake. Now massive polished granit rocks are only left, over which the water runs down into washed out glacier grottos. From inside the ice is still shimmering in blue. After climbing back up to Märjelenlake I still biked to the edge of the Fiescher valley, which cuts steep into the mountains with a much more dramatic cascade of the Fiescher glacier.
On our way back to Bettmeralp I followed a Flow Trail for bikers which is called Wurzenbord.
A great downhill experience, where I caught up on a real Swiss biker family, with three young boys being full blooded bike fans. Great fun. At the end the day turned out to be longer than expected, but it was worth it.
My uncle’s family already arrived and had checked in at the hotel Alpfrieden, where we joined them as a surprise for dinner.
