Walking in the Bernese Oberland - Jungfrau region

CONTENTS

Mountain safety warning

Map key

Transport map

Map of the valleys

Route summary table

Introduction

Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau

The shape of the mountains

The main centres and valleys

Plants and wildlife

When to go

Getting there

Travel in the region

Discount cards and passes

Accommodation

Mountain huts, berghotels and restaurants

Other local facilities

Maps

GPX tracks

Apps

Preparation

Equipment

Using this guide

Schynige Platte to First

1 Schynige Platte Panoramaweg

2 Schynige Platte - Faulhorn - First

3 First - Bachsee - Faulhorn - Bussalp

4 First - Spitzen - Bussalp - the Hohenweg 2200

5 Bussalp - Waldspitz - First - the Hohenweg 2000

6 Bort to Bussalp - the Hohenweg 1600

7 Bussalp to Grindelwald

8 Bort - Alpenvogelpark - Hotel Wetterhorn

9 First - Grosse Scheidegg - Hotel Wetterhorn - Grindelwald

10 First - Bachsee - Waldspitz

11 The Schwarzhorn Circuit: First - Wart - Grosse Scheidegg

Grosse Scheidegg and Meiringen

12 Grosse Scheidegg to Schwarzwaldalp

13 The Rychenbach valley: Schwarzwaldalp - Rosenlaui circuit

14 Meiringen - Grosse Scheidegg - Grindelwald on the Via Alpina

Routes into the mountain wall

15 The Gleckstein Hut

16 Grindelwald - Pfingstegg - Hotel Wetterhorn circuit

17 Pfingstegg - Baregg Hut

18 The Schreckhorn Hut

Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg

19 Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg - Wengen - Lauterbrunnen

20 Grindelwald to Alpiglen the hard way

21 The Eiger Trail - Alpiglen to Eigergletscher and Kleine Scheidegg

22 Mannlichen to Alpiglen, the Romantic Way - the Hohenweg 1900

23 Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg Panoramaweg - the Hohenweg 2100

Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg

24 Kleine Scheidegg and Wengernalp

25 Eigergletscher to Wengen by the moraine

26 Wengen - Leiterhorn circuit

27 Wengen to Mannlichen - the Gemsweg

28 Wengen and the Mendelssohn memorial

29 Wengen - Stalden - Allmend - Wengen

30 The Trummelbach falls: Wengen - Stalden - Trummelbach

Lauterbrunnen and Isenfluh

31 Saxeten to Isenfluh

32 Sulwald to Murren by the Lobhorn hut

33 Grutschalp to Sulwald and onward routes

34 Lauterbrunnen, Trummelbach Falls and Stechelberg

35 Lauterbrunnen to Murren on the Via Alpina

Murren

36 The Mountain View Trail to Grutschalp

37 Murren, the Blumental and Chanelegg

38 The North Face Trail - Allmendhubel to Murren via Schiltalp

39 The 'easy' way up the Schilthorn from Allmendhubel

40 The Schilthorn via Schiltalp and Grauseewli

41 Murren - Gimmelwald - Murren

42 Murren to the Stutz waterfall and Spielbodenalp

43 Murren, Bryndli and the Rotstock hut

44 The Sefinental and Rotstock Hut

45 Murren to Griesalp on the Via Alpina

Stechelberg and Upper Lauterbrunnen valley

46 Stechelberg - Gimmelwald - Murren

47 Murren to Obersteinberg via the Tanzbodeli

48 Stechelberg to Obersteinberg

49 Obersteinberg - Oberhornsee - Stechelberg

50 Obersteinberg - Oberhornsee - Schmadri Hut - Stechelberg

Appendix A Useful contacts

Appendix B Trains, lifts, buses and discount options

Appendix C Further reading

Appendix D English-German terms