Wengernalp Railway

The ride most Jungfrau visitors take without noticing it is a sight in itself. At just over 19 kilometers, from Lauterbrunnen through Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Grindelwald, it calls itself the world's longest continuous rack railway. Wengen has no public road access, so the train is how almost everyone arrives. It earns a place even if you skip Jungfraujoch. Kleine Scheidegg is the junction for the Jungfrau Railway and sits at 2,061 meters below the Eiger, and the climb above Wengen opens up the Lauterbrunnen valley. On a cloudy day, riding up to Kleine Scheidegg and stopping there is a cheaper way to judge whether paying for the final leg to the summit makes sense.