Lauterbrunnen Becomes Louder

​As the snow begins to melt and we wave goodbye to our winter playground, the valley gets louder. Loud from many more rushing waters as the snow melts and the smaller watercourses burst out of the majestically high rock faces from the force of the groundwater behind them.  Of course the name ‘Lauterbrunnen’ means loud fountains and that is very true.
 
Looking up the 300 metre steep cliffs, especially on the left hand side heading toward Stechelberg, one can often spot these random water spurts bursting through. That is how the valley waterfall count can get as high as or even higher than 72 😊
 
Sitting on the right-hand side of the train up to Wengen, I think one gets the best views. Also one comes close to the 6 or so waterfalls rushing over the Wengen side rock ridge. Sometimes hard to read the names quickly, however most of them are named. What is a better experience, is to walk up, or down the path to Wengen. One can come closer to these waterfalls hidden by forest and rock ridges.  On one hairpin walking track bend, after passing under the arch of an old rocky rail bridge over head, one can see the old train track that has a chain across it. For the adventurous, the walk along this old track is at your own risk and takes you nearer to these exciting gushing waters.
 
A Flühli (or Flue) is characteristic of rock formations and rock peaks embedded in gentler shapes, mostly made of limestone. Flühli is describing the chimney-like formation where the watercourse races through.

Chilbiflühli