The forecast calls for a decent morning and then gathering clouds and rain in the early afternoon, so we decide to revisit the Niesengrat. We take an early train from Basel, get the first funicular up from Mülenen, and are underway under blue skies at 8:30.
The hike is just as enjoyable as last time and the weather is nice for a while before starting to cloud over. We stop for a food break on the Drunegalm and confirm on the weather radar that there is rain coming. Onwards to the Steinschlaghore, where we have a decision to make. We can see the rain coming and on the radar it looks like it'll arrive in <30 minutes, so we opt to not continue to the Mäggesserhore (a stretch goal for the day) and just head down to Frutigen.
The rain starts a few minutes after we leave the ridge, so we do the long down, down, down in a light sprinkle. It's not too bad and it keeps the increasing temperature from being oppressive, so we aren't complaining.
Maybe next time we can actually make it to the Mäggesserhore, but this is still a really nice tour...
Track:
Stats: 5:51, 14km, ~700m up, ~2300m down
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