Hi everyone,

there's quite a few alpine cattle descents going on next weekend (where the cows come down from the mountains for the winter), but I wondered if anyone could recommend one? Would prefer one near-ish to Zurich.

Here's the ones I found on the Swiss Tourism website:

22.09.12 Bühler Cattle show in Bühler www.appenzellerland.ch
22.09.12 Ennetbürgen Big alpine descent of the cattle at Ennetbürgen www.ennetbuergen.ch
22.09.12 Flims Laax Falera 6th traditional Flimserstein Alpine descent http://www.flims.com/
22.09.12 Flums Descent of the cattle festival Flums http://www.schaellnerclub.ch
22.09.12 Gais Cattle show in Gais www.appenzellerland.ch
22.09.12 Kerns Big Desalpe www.melchsee-frutt.ch
22.09.12 Plaffeien Plaffeien Alpine Descent www.schwarzsee.ch
22.09.12 Savognin Alpabzug Parsonz www.savognin.ch
22.09.12 Schüpfheim Alpine Descent, Sörenberg - Schüpfheim www.biosphaere.ch
22.09.12 Sörenberg Desalpe www.soerenberg.ch

Mooo-ny thanks in advance.

This will happen Oct 20th this year ---

Miss Beatenberg

Hrm.. I've been pondering what to do for my birthday this year. This may just win out over going to the chocolate factory in Gruyere.

Then again, maybe I can do both?

We are going to try to get to the one at Charmey, 29th September.

http://www.la-gruyere.ch/de/desalpe.html
There is a bus from there, 10 minutes to the chocolate factory Nestle-Cailler.

I found this on another thread:

http://www.glarona.ch/glarneralpchaesmaert.html

For the 7th of October.

Does anyone know of any other places having the event on the 7th or the weekend of the 13th/14th of October?

Hellooooo! I hope I still have a chance to take my wife who loves cows! Any more descents that anyone knows of this weekend? Thank you

No. November is far too late to stay on an Alp.

I think the descents are over, but maybe someone knows better. (I think the beginning/mid-October is the end of the season).

There is an Alpine Cheese Festival - where there is cheese, there are cows? http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/serv...t-4990059.html