Spielboden & the Langfluh

Spielboden means 'play floor' & you can get up to there by gondelbahn from just outside the village, then by cable car up to the Langflüh & then walk back. But it is pleasant to walk (& cheaper). Go SW out of the village & either head towards the huge glacier moraine, to the left of which a path goes up or keep to the left & circle round to the West on another path, which may be damaged by last winter's run-off. This is always a gamble. I go up this way & either down the other or carry on up the moraine on the way back & take the traverse path to the Hannigalp (see the walk below). Anyway, the two paths meet up & zig-zag up to Spielboden. You will almost certainly be importuned by marmots, huge hamsters with whistles. They want chocolate biscuits but these are bad for them. Give them carrots or nuts instead. Keep to the path & avoid the steep, grassy slopes, especially when they are wet, as I have seen the rescue helicopter recover a body here. From Spielboden, the path to Langflüh is rougher but goes up through several different flower habitats & worth doing. You are now on the Fee Glacier. Don't go for a walk unless properly equipped. There are a lot of crevasses, which may be hidden in early Summer. There are cafés at both places & one half-way up, just off the path but obvious.

The Allalinhorn 4027m from Langflüh. It's a lot further away than it looks.

A Marmot being fed politically correct marmot food.

Spielboden & Langflüh in October

The Böshorn 3368m, NE from Mellig

Fletschhorn 3996m, Lagginhorn 4010m & Weissmies 4023m from the Hannigalp in October

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