I desperately want to do an Alpine walk thru the mountains while on our upcoming trip. However, I am plagued by a hip muscle that is no longer there and bilateral hip and ankle surgeries. What would be the best flat paved walk for me ? I do really well most of the time and will have my "sticks", but don't want to get stranded somewhere either. Thanks for your help.
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Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
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how far do you think (km or minutes) you could walk before turning back, on relative flat?
Neither Wengen nor Mürren are completely flat. From the train station it is quite steep (short but steep) up into Mürren and then down again. The lanes are then relatively narrow and level but to go to a parallel lane will be either up or down.
A relatively level route, not all paved, is near the train line from Mürren to Grütschalp where the train starts at the top of the cable car/gondola. There is also a midway stop on the train.
Wengen is even steeper, throughout. Quite steep from the station.
Both sides of the valley are on the sides of mountains, inherently not level and most trails are trails and not paved.
There is a relatively easy mostly paved walk near the cliff edge from Mürren down to Gimmelwald. Easy for able bodied folk, my disabled wife found it challenging. It is continuously down hill in that direction. Once in Gimmelwald you can get a cable car back up to the middle of Mürren or straight down to the valley below where a Postbus takes you back to Lauterbrunnen.
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Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
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there is another - identically named - thread with other answers
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Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
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