 All the snowy mountains I'm Lavi and this is Ollie over the past four years we have been on some epic adventures around the world Now after converting an old van into our new home on wheels We are ready to hit the road and explore the wonders of Europe Click the subscribe button to follow our journey and let the adventure begin Welcome to our other team. I'm just eating some cereal and having a coffee This morning We are in the Swiss Alps We slept last night we parked our camper van here by the side of the road in a town called Hebrigen Which is just a small town in the valley here and This car park is directly in front of This train station We're about to take a train to go further up into the valley and towards the big snowy mountains and Lavi's just preparing us some lunch Because today we're going on a hike. We've got some olives some olives. We've got some camembert Egg and bread some fruits. We've got it all got some nuts as well We're really prepared for a nice good hike today and the weather looks absolutely incredible not a cloud in the sky It's going to be blue skies sunshine and we can see the snowy mountains over there in the distance So that's where we're headed today, but we'll tell you a little bit more about that later on Our train Is due to arrive in like one minute But it's just on the opposite side of the road. So that's nice and easy So the train's about to arrive and we are at the station Hebrigen We're going to take the train four stops to Zermatt. Now this train goes twice an hour at 21 past and 44 past the hour and It's just coming right now This train's empty But it's really nice and it's nice and warm and last night was really really cold So the return ticket price from Hebrigen to Zermatt is 77 Swiss francs for the both of us Which is quite expensive, but it is a really nice train and It is also free parking in Hebrigen Very special because in this town they have no people on bicycles and everybody walking around It's so quiet here. It's really nice and the main reason why they did it was about Air pollution and being able to actually see the mountains around them, which is so cool that they prioritized that But this town Zermatt is actually only accessible by either train or I guess hiking and that's it So that helps to really preserve this unique and special atmosphere of the place But as special and unique as this town is this is not what we're here to see So we have another cable car to take up a mountain to two and a half thousand meters the Sun has arrived We are going actually through a tunnel, which is like like this steel Our third gondola trip of our van adventure so far and we are now going up even higher into the mountains Nice So we have arrived here at the top cable car station called Blauherd station It's a 2,571 meters above sea level and we skipped all of the walking up to the altitude and Actually now we're just going to be walking kind of down back to the previous station So this hike we're going to do today is called the five lakes walk as you'd imagine It passes by five mountain lakes of which apparently three of them have a beautiful reflection of Matterhorn Directly in them supposed to be a really spectacular trail and you can already see the mountain scenery around us is absolutely Amazing. Oh, yes Look at these valley views All the snowy mountains That crazy mountain behind us is the iconic Matterhorn and that's the most famous peak in this whole area of the Swiss Alps It is four thousand four hundred and seventy eight meters above sea level That's crazy high It's one of the highest peaks in Europe One of the highest peaks in the Alps and they didn't manage to actually climb it until 1865 That expedition didn't go very well Because out of the seven people who went up Only three of them actually came back down apparently more than 500 people have died on the slopes of that mountain making it actually one of the most dangerous peaks in the world So we're going to stick down in the valley here and just enjoy the views of the mountain Without actually risking our lives going up the mountain But it's not the only massive peak in this region. There's actually thirty eight four thousand meter plus peaks in the Zermatt area Which is absolutely insane, but for now We're gonna enjoy this five lakes valley walk and All the beautiful snowy mountain views that surround it We have arrived at the first lake this beautiful lake is called Steady's here and I think it's the largest lake here It's a very very beautiful beautiful lake and we could see already that there are some fishes in it Wow, and this lake sits at two thousand five hundred meters above sea level. That's crazy But it's absolutely stunning With these peaks around and the view of the crazy Matterhorn Mountain behind us reflected in the water It's absolutely The most picturesque the most yeah, wow Number two the name is grindy say and it's a little bit smaller than the first lake But it's as beautiful the water is really clear. You can see fishes. It's very nice some nice pine trees around Very very peaceful. It looks like a good place to have a lunch break. I think so. I think it's about that time We have arrived at Lake number three This one has really pretty red flowered shrubs all around it which is Absolutely beautiful and there's some yellow ones and some green ones. Look at that It's like a multicolored background And this lake is called green there For me at the moment it looks more blue than green, but it's so pretty here I think this is my favorite lake so far Yeah It's a very blue lake But it's not called blue lake. What's it called La Vie? Was easy It looks so nice and blue. You can really see like this glacier water in there. It's absolutely so beautiful Wow, I just want to dive in one more lake to go And we've still got the crazy Matterhorn views in the background The backdrop for this entire hike star of the show So here it looks like we are coming back into the Ski village and I think that's where the last lake is located right there just by the cable car station I think this place is called Senegal and from here you can actually take the cable car Back down to Zelmat. We are gonna hike back down to Zelmat Which apparently is another couple of hours back down into the valley down there Here it is the last lake and this last lake is called Sounds like lazy And I think this is the lake where people come to be lazy because You can just come straight out of the station here at Senegal and Go jump straight in the water With this view behind you It's pretty cool. I think After quite a long hike on a hot day. It's time for us to take a dip in the water So apparently only one of us is going in. I Forgot my bikini this morning Better get refreshed than hey Better go get refreshed. It's like burning the skin cold But it is refreshing after a long hike in the sun We have left the last of the five lakes and actually there at Senegal station That's the end of the five lakes walk But to save on the price of two gondola tickets back down to Zelmat We decided to walk down. It's only about two and a half kilometers But it's about 600 meters down and all the signs said to go on these like roads going around But on maps me we saw like one trail which is just going directly down to Zermatt So we're taking that now and we're gonna see how it is. Yeah, just hoping the best that it's not like Rock climbing It looks quite good so far. Oh my god, this looks like a real steep way down but We've done some steep trails before So hopefully we can do this one. We've made it down to the other trail The crazy steep part is over nice. Oh my god. I can feel my knees. Oh my god My legs are shaking. We just did a massive descent in about 40 minutes. So now it's quite an easy trail round and down to the train station Still there in its parking spot. It's always nice to be back home. Yeah 10 hours later We have returned from up there In the snowy peaks at the top to down here in The pretty cold valley It was really really nice to be all amidst the snowy mountains all the peaks everywhere Right in the shadow of Matterhorn Brilliant, brilliant walk really, really nice. So we're gonna hit the road now and probably just stop at a rest area on the highway We're heading now towards France But we really hope that you enjoyed this hiking experience in the Swiss Alps in the snowy peaks We absolutely loved it We hope that you did too. If you did please give the video a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe to the channel We will see you next time If you enjoyed watching this video you would help us a lot by subscribing to the channel by clicking here Thanks so much for watching guys. 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