I am going on a tour which offers excursions up the following mountains. While I can't afford to scale them all, I would like to pick the best 2. Any suggestions? <BR> <BR>Pontresina/Roseg Glacier (St. Moritz) <BR>Gornergrat (Zermatt) <BR>Mount Pilatus (Lucerne) <BR>Mount Rigi (Lucerne) <BR>Mount Titlis (Lucerne)

Absolutely Pilatus & Gornergrat.

My favorite of those is Mt. Titlis. <BR> <BR>Once you have taken the train over to Engleberg and up to Titlis, on the way back down to Engleberg, instead of going all the way down to Engleberg, get off at the Trubsee station. Walk about a mile, maybe not that far, but walk over to the chairlift up to and over the Jochpass. Continue on to Engstlenalp. From there take a nice walk over to Tannealp and eventually past Tannesee and Melchsee (two lakes). Then find your way to the Melchseefrut chairlift and take that down to Stockalp. From Stockalp there is a post bus connection back to the Sarnen train station where you make connections back to Lucern. <BR> <BR>This is a great excursion that is easy and not overly time consumming;however, leave as early out of Lucern as possible. Remember that the last post bus out of Stockalp is about 5 PM I think. <BR> <BR>This excursion will get you far away from the hustle and bustle of tourist crowds and give you a good view of Titlis. If you look hard enough and the weather is clear, you can almost see the Wetterhorn off in the Jungfrau area. I think it's a great trip!

Good afternoon, Philip <BR>Woud agree with Chris, first Pilatus, <BR>going up the incline rwy at Alpnachstad <BR>gettin there by ril or water. Atop <BR>have a lunch, naturally on a clear day <BR>so you can see a very good view. Return to Luzern the same way or by <BR>going down a cable car and gondolars to <BR>Kreins and then city bus back to Luzern. <BR>The Gonergrat would also me my 2nd choice, there is a nice hotel atop with <BR>again lunch, can go further up via <BR>cable cars, wonderful views of the Monte <BR>Rosa and the Matterhorn, etc. <BR>One in Zermatt, that you might consider <BR>is taking the gondolas to Furi and then <BR>by taking cable cars up to Schwarzersee <BR>(lunch again) for a close up view of the <BR>Matterhorn or from Furi up to Kleine <BR>Matterhorn., which is ovr 12,000 feet.\ <BR>Richard of La Grange Park, Il..

Philip: The Roseggtal is among the most beautiful sites in Switzerland and my vote goes definitely to that one. It's one of the favourite hiking areas in my country. <BR>The other mountains are better known among foreigners, because they are more likely to travel to Lucerne and Zermatt. But the Swiss just love the Roseggtal and so do I. <BR>

ricahrd wrote: &gt;&gt;&gt;One in Zermatt, that you might consider <BR>is taking the gondolas to Furi and then <BR>by taking cable cars up to Schwarzersee &lt;&lt;&lt; <BR> <BR>That walk down to Furi from Schwartzersee is a nice walk with some fine, fine views. <BR> <BR>I also enjoy the Sunnegga area where there are many walks open to the traveler. <BR> <BR>I hooked up with some German hikers in 99 as we walked up from Sunnegga to the Flualp. The Materhorn was mostly behind us and to our right as we walked up. We walked past several lakes along the way as well. Great hike! <BR> <BR>Anyway, I don't know if the original poster was on a guided tour or not. If he was, his time will be limited, but someone on a tour can do some of the great walks in the Zermatt area. <BR>

I guess the absence of comments about Rigi is not just an oversight, huh? <BR>

Of course NOT, the Rigi is just wonderful!

Philip-I guessed from your post that you will have very limited time on the mountains since you are with a tour group, that's why I recommend Pilatus and Gornergrat . If you had sufficient time for a day hike my recommendations would be completely different. I happen to live half-way between Luzern and Engelberg and could give you dozens of day hike suggestions. Highly recommend the hike over Joch Pass that Greg mentions, but "easy" is a relative term and I would guess that for a person who does very little excercise would find it challenging.

Thanks to all of you for your advice. Yes I am going on a tour with those mountains as "optional excursions". But I have been known to skip the tour's scheduled itinerary and strike out on my own. I like to take a tour the first time I visit a new country and then go back later on my own, so I'm sure I will eventually try out all of your suggestions.