Via Alpina - Section 13 Griesalp - Kandersteg
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If you are looking for a picture-book Swiss world, the Via Alpina is the right place for you. In 20 daily stages, it leads once across the northern Alps, along many of Switzerland's highlights. The stage from Griesalp to Kandersteg with the popular Blüemlisalphütte and Lake Oeschinen is undoubtedly one of the king's stages.
The route begins in the fairytale world on Griesalp at the back of the Kiental and leads in seven hours over Bundalp to the Hohtürli pass summit and on to Lake Oeschinen.
The pass trail runs along the interface between the glacier world and the green foothills of the Alps and offers plenty of variety. If you spend the night in the Blüemlisalphütte of the SAC, you get the absolute high-mountain experience as a bonus.
Approach
By car via Spiez or by car train from Goppenstein to Reichenbach.
Public Transport
Travelling by train to Reichenbach. The postbus runs from Reichenbach railway station to Griesalp.
Parking
Reichenbach Märitplatz - Paid parking spaces
Directions
Kiental - Griesalp - Bundalp - Hohtürli - Oeschinensee - Kandersteg
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.
Tips
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