A guidebook to 50 day walks in Switzerland's Jungfrau region from the main bases of Grindelwald, Wengen, the Lauterbrunnen valley and Murren. 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.
By:
Lesley Williams,
Jonathan Williams
Imprint: Cicerone Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 172mm,
Width: 116mm,
Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781786311146
ISBN 10: 1786311143
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 May 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Map key Map of the valleys Route summary table Introduction Eiger, Moench 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 Weather 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 Hoehenweg 2200 5 Bussalp - Waldspitz - First - the Hoehenweg 2000 6 Bort to Bussalp - the Hoehenweg 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 Hoehenweg 1900 23 Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg Panoramaweg - the Hoehenweg 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 Tanzboedeli 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
Jonathan has been Cicerone's managing director for over 20 years, working with authors and leading the development of the range. Lesley has been Cicerone's marketing director, leading Cicerone's sales efforts and now concentrating on the overall marketing strategy. Although they met at sea, they quickly gravitated to the mountains and trekking, before taking on Cicerone to communicate their passion for mountains, wild places and other journeys on foot or by bike. Based on the edge of the Lake District, they have few excuses for not spending days in the hills but do need to get out more. They would like to thank the whole Cicerone team for allowing them to moonlight as authors.
