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www.grindelwaldblick.ch ). The restaurant, with a great sun terrace and a cozy interior, sells
good three-course lunches (15-25 SF) and 25-SF dinners.
Sleeping in Stechelberg
(3,025 feet)
StechelbergisthehamletattheendoftheroaduptheLauterbrunnenValley;it'saboutamile
beyond the Schilthornbahn lift that goes up to Gimmelwald, Mürren, and the Schilthorn (it's
afive-minute PostBus ride ora20-minute trail walk between the lift station andthe village).
Beyond Stechelberg lies the rugged Rear Lauterbrunnen Valley, the edge of the Jungfrau-
Aletsch-Bietschhorn nature reserve—the most glaciated part of the Alps.
$$ Hotel Stechelberg, at road's end, is surrounded by waterfalls and vertical rock, with
a garden terrace, a good restaurant, and 16 quiet rooms—half in a creaky old building, half
in a concrete, no-character new building (D-90-120 SF, Db-138, Db with balcony-170 SF,
T-165 SF, Tb-210 SF, Q-210 SF, bus stops here 1-2/hour, free Wi-Fi, tel. 033-855-2921, fax
033-855-4438, www.hotel-stechelberg.ch , hotel@stechelberg.ch , Marianne and Otto).
$ The Alpenhof fills a former “Nature Friends' Hut” with cheap beds. Creaking like a
wooden chalet built in 1926 should, and surrounded by a broad lawn, it provides a good,
inexpensive base for drivers and families (28 SF/bed in 2- to 6-bed rooms, each group gets
a private room, breakfast-12 SF, tel. 033-855-1202, www.alpenhof-stechelberg.ch , alpen-
hof@stechelberg.ch ,DianeandMarc).FromtheHotelStechelberg,goupthepavedpath,go
right at the fork, and cross the river; it's on your left.
Sleeping in Obersteinberg
(5,900 feet)
Here's a wild idea: $$ Mountain Hotel Obersteinberg is a working alpine farm with
cheese,cows,amuleshuttlingupfoodonceaday,andanAmerican(Vickie)whofellinlove
withamountainman.It'sa2.5-hourhikefromeitherStechelbergorGimmelwald.Theyrent
12primitiveroomsandabunchofloftbeds.There'snoshower,nohotwater,andonlymea-
ger solar-panel electricity. Candles light up the night, and you can take a hot-water bottle to
bedifnecessary(S-85SF,D-170SF,includeslinen,sheetlessdormbeds-68SF;theseprices
includebreakfastanddinner,withoutmealsS-37SF,D-74SF,dormbeds-20SF;closedOct-
May, tel. 033-855-2033). The place is filled with locals and Germans on weekends, but it's
all yoursonweekdays. WhynothikeherefromGimmelwald andleave theAlpsadaylater?
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