Golitschenpass – Elsigenalp – Achseten
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From Kandersteg via Höh over Golitschenalp to the Golitschen Pass. Make the descent to Elsigenalp to Achseten and the main street. Return by bus to Kandersteg. Alternative route: Take the cable car from Elsigenalp mountain station to Elsigbach base station.
Duration: Kandersteg - Golitschenpass: 3 hours
Kandersteg - Golitschenpass - Elsigenalp: 3 3/4 hours
Kandersteg - Golitschenpass - Elsigenalp - Achseten: 5 1/2 hours
Return trip: By bus to Kandersteg
Gastronomy: Golitschenalp (drinks only), Elsigenalp, Elsigbach
Alternative route: Continue the ascent to First and the descent to Allmenalp (5 1/2 hours)
Approach
By car via Spiez - Frutigen or by car train from Goppenstein to Kandersteg.
Public Transport
The Lötschberg to the south, the Kandertal to the north: this station between Brig (38 min.) and Berne (61 min.) has an hourly service - an ideal base for many excursions.
Parking
The destination has been decided, as has the parking space - on this map, drivers can quickly and easily find a suitable parking space in the Oberland municipality. Well then: engine off, hiking boots on!
Safety Instructions
Even open hiking trails may still be partially covered in snow. Hiking is at your own risk: Tourismus Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg accepts no liability for the use of local routes.
Equipment
Sure-footed hikers with good trekking boots will feel at home on the partly exposed terrain of this red and white marked tour.