Switzerland Lauterbrunnen Valley

What a place to live...! It's mesmerizing to see the Lauterbrunnen valley do this disappearing act over and over. With low-hanging clouds coming and going, it's both fun and challenging to capture the valley when you see it fit. Certainly while you're getting soaked to the bone by mist and drizzle.

There's this saying: If you don't like the weather; wait five minutes and it will completely change. Well, that's certainly applicable here. This location is all about the waiting game on dreary days. Do not go here with crisp blue skies, because that image has been captured thousands of times. check the sunrise and sunset times, the weather... Oh and here's an afterthought: go here when the Milky Way rises above the end of the valley for a spectacular nightscape that will earn you prizes!

Tech and disclosure: This is two exposure from exactly the same viewpoint and with the same settings. It's a timestack, meaning those exposures are taken some time apart. The first is taken 3 minutes later than the last in order to capture the valley in both misty conditions and rather clear conditions. I used the misty one as a base and the clear one to reveal the background mountains. Nothing too complicated here. The look and feel were borrowed from a screen cap of the Lord of the Rings cinematography, specifically the Return of the King.

Wengen can't be reached by car. Instead, you need a solid pair of legs to make the 2 hour hike from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen. You can also take the train up to Wengen station and walk back to Lauterbrunnen from there. Along the way, there are excellent photo opportunities all around. Bring spare batteries!
Murren and Gimmelwald are awesome as well. From these villages you look down into the valley across at the mountain faces and up at the peaks...breathtaking stuff!!!

Save your energies and rent an e-bike for 50 swiss franc a day to get to multiple spots quickly. Take 2-3 days rental in Wengen and explore the paths along the hills. There are multiple spots near Wengen church down the hills towards Wengwald and up to Hunnenflue observation point.