Thank you for that info at the least. Do you think you could show me where near Rigi Kulm that you found it? I'm going in 20 days to go look! Thank you!!!!

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Thank you to everyone for all your great ideas and suggestions!

My biggest worry now is the weather as I look to book my hotels today, and it shows showers most days that I was planning in Lucern and Wengen for mountain and hiking..what to do? Do I go towards the Italian/Lugano section first (as I earlier wanted to do anyways but all of you suggested that would be too much with the limited 9 full nights that we have) and then come back to Lucern/Wengen area to do mountain and hiking..hopefully the weather is better by then? or just keep to the original plan of Lucern (3nts) then Wengen (3nts) then Montreux/Vevey 2 nights and the last night of 16th in Geneva before my early morning flight on the 17th Oct (9am) onwards..Going to Lugano from Zurich (where we arrive next Monday Oct 7th afternoon around 5pm) and stay in Lugano for a day or two and then coming back to Lucern/Interlaken/Wengen area but then cut a day from either Lucern or Wengen since we won't have enough days left for Montreux/Vevey before heading to Geneva for 1 day before our flights.I am not sure about how challenging the trains will be to Lugano from Zurich and more so from Lugano back to Lucern as was mentioned earlier...and should I even consider this because of the weather or just take a chance that it will clear up or possibly only rain intermittently allowing us to do some hiking and possibly Rigi/Pilatus?

I am stressing out a bit with only 4 days before my flights to Zurich and hotels still not booked, and this weather issue throwing a wrench in the plans (which was flagged by many)..should I call the hotels in Lucern/wengen to get a better idea of weather forecasts..I have been checking on meteoblue as many suggested in other forums..

Hi again,

Please don't worry about weather this far in advance. Weather reports for mountain towns are notoriously unreliable more than a day or two in advance. I live in a mountain town, and rain forecasts are best only about 12 hours in the future...and even then are sometimes wrong.

I would stick to the plans you've made, and only bring along proper weather gear in case you do have a rain shower.

Have fun!

s

What swandav said!
And there's no reason to wait to book your hotels. Check booking.com for lodging reservations that you can cancel free. (Be sure that they are cancellable -- not all are.)