Trümmelbach Falls

Waterfalls in Switzerland

46°34′8.65″N 7°54′53.94″E / 46.5690694°N 7.9149833°E / 46.5690694; 7.9149833TypeTieredTotal height140 m (460 ft)Number of drops10Total width12 m (39 ft)Average
flow rate3 m³/s (110 cu ft/s)

The Trümmelbach Falls (German: Trimmelbachfälle or Trümmelbachfälle) in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, are a series of ten glacier-fed waterfalls inside the mountain made accessible by the tunnel lift, stairs, and illumination.

Located in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, the creek called Trimmelbach or Trümmelbach alone drains the northerly glacier defiles of Eiger (3967 m), Mönch (4099 m), and Jungfrau (4158 m) and carries more than 20,000 tons of boulder detritus per year.^[1]

Its drainage area is 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi), half of it covered by snow and glaciers. The falls carry up to 20,000 litres of water per second.^[1]

After the hamlet of the same name on the valley floor the Trümmelbach feed into the Weisse Lütschine, which heads north through the valley and the village of Lauterbrunnen further down to join after 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) its sister river, the Schwarze Lütschine at Zweilütschinen, where they join to the Lütschine.

References

^ ^a ^b "Trümmelbach Falls – in the Valley of the 72 Waterfalls". MySwitzerland (Tourism Information). London, UK: Switzerland Tourism. Retrieved 2018-03-04.