Trümmelbach
Glacier-fed waterfalls thundering inside a mountain, reached by tunnel lift and rock-cut galleries.
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This guide to Trümmelbach, the glacier-fed falls inside the rock near Interlaken, follows the von Almen family of Lauterbrunnen, who have owned and worked this gorge since the eighteen seventies. It moves through three generations of builders, diggers and caretakers, from the first wooden walkways to a tunnel lift cut into the mountain and a winter climb beside the frozen falls. Best heard on the path inside the gorge, where the steps and railings hug the rock.
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