Magnificent view of the Grindelwald mountain world

7.31 km long
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hiking Trail
  • 2:35 h
  • 7.31 km
  • 400 m
  • 400 m
  • 1,213 m
  • 1,463 m
  • 250 m
  • Start: Grindelwald/Weidli
  • Destination: Grindelwald/Oberer Gletscher

Entertaining hike on a charming high path along the hillside above Grindelwald. Start and end points are easily accessible by bus. Some sections on hard surfaces.

The starting point of the hike can be reached from Grindelwald by bus towards Bussalp. From the Weidli/Abbachfall stop, first follow the road uphill. On a wide forest road, go slightly downhill to the junction with the Grindelwald–Holewang hiking trail, then steeply uphill to the edge of the forest and to the restaurant at Ällflüü (35 min from Grindelwald). The view across the valley here is splendid. The following forest hike ends just above the former intermediate station Oberhaus of the Grindelwald-First-Bahn (30 min from Grindelwald). Without significant altitude difference, the path, later a small road, runs through the sunny slope, crosses the Milibach and the Horbach streams, and descends to the houses in Moos. Along the way, you have magnificent views of the Mättenberg, the Wetterhorn, the Upper Grindelwald Glacier, and the Grosse Scheidegg. Over the Bärgelbach, you finally reach Schopfweid on Scheideggstrasse and cross this to the Hotel Wetterhorn at the entrance to the Upper Grindelwald Glacier.

Berner Wanderwege
Berner Wanderwege

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Pavements

Asphalt
Trail
Path
Gravel

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Grindelwald/Abbachfall - Ällflüü - Grindelwald/Oberer Gletscher

Equipment

We recommend the following equipment: Light trekking shoes, light backpack, sun protection, rain jacket, first aid kit, light picnic, sufficient fluids, mobile phone.

Directions & Parking facilities

Outbound journey: by train to Grindelwald. Then by bus to Grindelwald/Weidli (Busalp line or Waldspitz)

Return journey: by bus from Oberer Gletscher to Grindelwald station

Additional information

Berner Wanderwege association, Bern, Tel.: 031 340 01 01, Email: info@beww.ch, homepage: www.bernerwanderwege.ch

Literature

Hiking suggestion from the hiking book Jungfrau Region Brienz Lake - Oberhasli, hiking book series of the Berner Wanderwege.

License (master data)

Safety guidelines

This route runs exclusively on marked paths in the category hiking trail.

 

Map

Swisstopo hiking map 1:50,000 254T Interlaken,

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Address

Magnificent view of the Grindelwald mountain world
3818 Grindelwald