This morning, we work up at 6:30AM and were in the lobby for breakfast by 7AM.  After breakfast, we walked over to Downtown Lucerne to take the boat ride to Vitznau.  From Vitznau, we boarded rail car up to Mt Rizi.

Mt Rizi is a touristy mountaintop with panoramic views of the surrounding lakes, communities, and farmland below. The mountaintop includes a hotel, restaurant, radio tower, and plenty of open space.  Mike and I walked around on the mountaintop for about 15 minutes, and then descended the mountain on a 1 hour partial loop trail.  The trail descended to a remote cheese factory, and then connected to the Rigi Staffel tram stop (one stop below the summit).  The trail was scenic and was relatively lightly traveled.

From Rigi Staffel, we returned back to Lucerne and then boarded a train to Titlus Mountain.  Titlus Mountain is a year-round snow-covered mountain at 10,000 feet elevation.  The route to Titlus requires first taking a train to Engleburg, and then boarding two trams (for a total of 30 minutes) up to the summit.  The trams up to the summit provided incredible views of bright-green landscapes, glaciers, a waterfall, and rugged rock mountain formations.  Once we arrived at the mountaintop, we walked through the glacier cave (a 150 meter long tunnel through a glacier), walked across a suspension bridge, and admired the panoramic views from many different places.

After a couple hours at the top, we descended a boarded a train back to Lucerne.  We then picked up our luggage from the hotel, and boarded a train to Interlaken where we’re spending the night.