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This guidebook describes 50 graded walks in the Jungfrau region of Switzerland. Ranging from 5 to 23.5km, the routes visit valleys, waterfalls, and alpine huts offering refreshments and accommodation. With shorter hour-long walks and day-long mountain ascents, it contains something for everyone.

A guidebook to 50 day walks in Switzerland's Jungfrau region from the main bases of Grindelwald, Wengen, the Lauterbrunnen valley and Mürren. These graded walks range from grade 1 almost level short walks through to grade 4 challenging Alpine routes, however, most are grades 2 or 3 and are suitable for walkers with some experience. Ranging in length from 5 to 23.5km the routes visit valleys, waterfalls and alpine huts. Many also take advantage of the widespread public transport and lifts around the Bernese Oberland to provide options for walks at a higher altitude. Along with a detailed route description, each walk has 1:50,000 mapping and information on public transport access to the start and end points. Details of accommodation, alpine huts and facilities are also provided.


CONTENTS

Mountain safety warning
Map key
Transport map
Map of the valleys
Route summary table
Introduction
Eiger, Mönch 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 Höhenweg 2200
5 Bussalp – Waldspitz – First – the Höhenweg 2000
6 Bort to Bussalp – the Höhenweg 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 – Bäregg 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 Männlichen to Alpiglen, the Romantic Way – the Höhenweg 1900
23 Männlichen to Kleine Scheidegg Panoramaweg – the Höhenweg 2100

Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg
24 Kleine Scheidegg and Wengernalp
25 Eigergletscher to Wengen by the moraine
26 Wengen – Leiterhorn circuit
27 Wengen to Männlichen – the Gemsweg
28 Wengen and the Mendelssohn memorial
29 Wengen – Stalden – Allmend – Wengen
30 The Trümmelbach falls: Wengen – Stalden – Trümmelbach

Lauterbrunnen and Isenfluh
31 Saxeten to Isenfluh
32 Sulwald to Mürren by the Lobhorn hut
33 Grütschalp to Sulwald and onward routes
34 Lauterbrunnen, Trümmelbach Falls and Stechelberg
35 Lauterbrunnen to Mürren on the Via Alpina

Mürren
36 The Mountain View Trail to Grütschalp
37 Mürren, the Blumental and Chänelegg
38 The North Face Trail – Allmendhubel to Mürren via Schiltalp
39 The ‘easy’ way up the Schilthorn from Allmendhubel
40 The Schilthorn via Schiltalp and Grauseewli
41 Mürren – Gimmelwald – Mürren
42 Mürren to the Stutz waterfall and Spielbodenalp
43 Mürren, Bryndli and the Rotstock hut
44 The Sefinental and Rotstock Hut
45 Mürren to Griesalp on the Via Alpina

Stechelberg and Upper Lauterbrunnen valley
46 Stechelberg – Gimmelwald – Mürren
47 Mürren to Obersteinberg via the Tanzbödeli
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