Talstation · 1240 m

FIRN

A railway into cloud. One track, straight up, since 1924.

Waldkante · 1680 m

The tree line

The cog bites and holds. The last pines fall away below the window and the air goes thin and blue.

Nebelwand · 2100 m

The wall of fog

For four minutes there is nothing but grey and the steady iron sound of the rack under the floor.

Wolkenmeer · 2540 m

Above the weather

The cloud turns into a floor. The light warms, gold on the rock, and the valley disappears beneath you.

Gipfel · 2810 m

The summit

The refuge, the horizon, and a bench that faces the sea of cloud you just climbed through.