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Having taken a few photos, I decide to walk back to town. This turns out to be slightly more challenging than expected. As is generally the case in the mountains (well the Swiss ones at least), the trails are marked by the painted red and white stripes that you can see in the photo above and you simply navigate from one marker to the next. However, when visibility is poor it can be tricky working out where the next marker is. A couple of times I set off in the direction I thought the trail was going, but couldn't find a marker, so had to backtrack to the last marker and try a different direction. Still, when you're walking in a valley, as a general rule if you just keep heading downhill you probably won't go far wrong.
I've seen zero people today on my walk back to the hotel from Trubsee, despite the area around the lake being very busy when we were up here on Sunday. Back at the hotel, the barman tells me it’s because most of the people you see around Engelberg during the day aren’t actually staying here. They get the train up from other places in the morning. So when the weather’s poor they simply don’t bother turning up. Bonus.
Distance walked today - 8.6km (5.3 miles)
Ascent today - 0m (0 feet)
Descent today - 796m (2,512 feet)
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