Walk the line,
Farmer, Entlebuch Alpabfahrt, Switzerland
September 2017
The Alpabfahrt, translated as the ‘alp descent’, takes place on the last Saturday in September
in the small rural village of Schüpfheim, in
the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. As the cattle come down from their summer grazing, they parade through the small town adorned with flowers, headpieces and their signature cow bells. The sound alone is something else! Here the farmer leads his herd down, passing another herd that is making their final preparations for the Alpabfahrt. In total, 276 cows paraded through Schüpfheim in front of an estimated crowd of 12,500 people!