Finally at the top, at a height of a little over 1’400 m above sea level, I was rewarded with a breathtaking view into the Gorges de l’Areuse [see photograph] and into the Creux du Van.
Wherever the rivers of the Swiss Jura forced their way from the Jura folds into the Swiss Plateau [in German: Mittelland], deep gorges were carved out. The Areuse stream thunders through one of these. A 12-kilometer-long, very impressive hiking trail through the Gorges de l’Areuse grants vertigo-inducing views into this natural spectacle.
Below the fog, the city of Neuchâtel is located.