The Next Chapter...: Rochers-de-Naye vistas

On the free Saturday 25th April, the remaining participants from the Roundtable decided to take a cog train ride from Montreux up to Rochers de Naye, a viewing point 2045m above sea level, providing an outstanding panorama over Lake Geneva and on the other side, the Alps. The photos of the train (see above) and the peak - vistapoint 2 (see below) are from Wikipedia*.

And where is Rochers-de-Naye, you might ask? Here are Google maps to the rescue.
The terrain map to show the layers of mountainuous land ascending from Montreux to the knife-edge cliffs of Rochers-de-Naye (R-d-N) :

The street map to show the railway lines snaking it's way up to R-d-N:

And a satellite map to show how it looks like naturally:

Everyone was in high spirits, after a very successful event:

The view was spectacular going up the steep incline railway (nice houses with nice views) :

The train has to go through multiple tunnel-like structures to avoid the snow (see if you can spot 3 in front of the train in this photo from Priya):

Here's the Google satellite map of R-d-N, showing the 2 vistapoints we went to :

At Vistapoint 1, there was a sheer cliff that provided incredible views of the Alps and Lake below.

A nice pose with Saul (Mexico), Juan (Colombia) and Priya (Sri Lanka) taken by Margareta :

I just had to pose for this shot a-la-Titanic style (I'm flying!) :

Here's everyone (except the camera woman, Margareta) who took this shot (note it shows Vistapoint 2 behind us):

We got a bit adventurous and decided to climb a steep, slippery,snowed-in incline to the top of R-d-N (Vistapoint 2). It was a great workout just getting there. Made it without slipping, although I was in my wrong shoes (office wear) instead of sneakers.

Here's everyone, resting and eating strawberries and banana cake at the top (Priya's camera shot taken by another visitor we met up there):

The view at the highest point of R-d-N was well worth it. Lake Geneva as it curves towards Geneva. Vevey is the extreme right center of the photo, with Montreux just in front, blocked by another hill.

And on the other side of this vistapoint is the Alps.

Zooming in to the 3 mountain tops : Eiger (if any of you are old enough to remember the movie the Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood), Mönch and Jungfrau (the roof of Europe), where I will be heading to during my June vacation:

Going down from Vistapoint 2 was treacherous as it was slippery with icy snow. We had a few incidents, but also had our heroes like, Roberto 'Jones' to save the day.

Here's Priya's photo of Robert 'Jones', the guy in the center with the 'Indiana Jones' hat (notice the "yurts" in the background - authentic mongolian 'mattress camp' for staying overnight) :