July 2022 - choosing the road via Switzerland was mainly due to visiting this magnificent Natural Wonder. There are two different approaches visiting this Site. Either from north via Grindelwald to experience the high Mountains Jungfrau, Eiger and Mönch, or coming from south to have a marvelous view at the Aletsch Glacier. We decided for the latter. We found a nice campground in Betten and still got the Aletschentdeckerpass (55CHF) which gives you unlimited rides in one day. Of you buy the Swiss Coupon Pass in advance you even get 2 for 1 and our children were included anyway.

Next morning we woke up early and took the train to Fiesch where we could directly take two cabelcars up to the Eggishorn. A few steps and you have a magnificent view at the upper part of the glacier. And the three significant peaks. The echoe of the wind whistling through the glacier Valley and the silence apart from this intensified the experience.

Back to Fiescheralp we hiked the few km to Bettmeralp which took is way longer than anticipated with our 3 year old daughter and especially on this outrageously hot day. The many cows we saw are probably also not When we finally arrived in Bettmeralp we were not only dehydrated but also badly sunburned. After some chocolate and rivella we took the next opportunity on top of the Bettmerhorn. From there there the views and character of the glacier were different again and especially the Matterhorn was nicely visible. 

Riederalp and Moosfluh were out of reach for the rest of the day, especially because of hazard warnings in the evening. So we took a an earlier ride back to Betten, had a refreshing shower at the campground and spend the warm evening in Brig. The Simplonpass is closeby but due to the forecast we didn't follow the plan of sleeping there.

For serious alpinists one day at the AletschArena is probably a joke. But we had to continue our journey. The experience of the glacier was great, for hiking i guess there are way more interesting places throughout the alps.