Kandersteg-Wätterbach-Oeschinen

Hiking Trail

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  • Difficulty
  • Duration 1:55 h
  • Distance 4,8 km
  • 519 hm
  • 7 hm

Leave the Dorfstrasse before the last houses in the direction of Frutigen - i.e. at Wätterbachweg. Turn right and start climbing up the slopes through semi-woodland; the route is pleasantly sheltered in dappled shade during the mornings. A well maintained path with some steep sections that continues below Wätterbach forestry hut into the Alpine meadows. Cross the Alpine meadows and continue to Oeschinensee cable car mountain station.

DurationFrom the train station Kandersteg - mountain station Oeschinen cable car: 2 hours

GastronomyOeschinensee Mountain station kiosk

Public transport

South of the Lötschberg, north of the Kander Valley. For this point between Brig (38 min.) and Bern (61 min.), an hourly train service is in operation.

Directions

Bahnhof Kandersteg - Wätterbach - Bergstation Oeschinen