Via Alpina · Day 12 of 20 · km 238 of 392
Distance 22.4 km
Ascent +2,012 m
Descent −1,399 m
Estimated average time 9 h Highest 2,612 m · lowest 797 m
2,612 m 22.4 kilometres, 2,012 metres of ascent, 1,399 metres of descent, 9 hours of walking, an estimated average; highest point at 2,612 metres, lowest at 797 metres.
Technique: medium · fitness: hard
What Clotilde says
Hold on tight: 2012 m of climbing over the day. You pass through Mürren, the village no car can drive up to, then reach the high point, the Sefinenfurgge, at 2612 m. Allow 9 h of walking. On the alpine meadows, the trumpet gentian opens its deep blue trumpets, with almost no stem. At least it doesn't have to climb: it waits for you to come.
From Griesalp, you climb to the Sefinenfurgge, at 2612 m, then head down to Lauterbrunnen: 2012 m of descent over the day. Take a break in Mürren: no cars here, just walkers, a cable car and a little train. On the meadows by the pass, the trumpet gentian sets its big blue flowers on a rosette of leaves. Take its picture, not a bunch.
Along the way Mürren No road climbs to Mürren: you reach this village, on a terrace high above the Lauterbrunnen valley, on foot, by cable car or by a little train.Sources: Wikipedia, "Mürren" (French); Jungfrau Region Tourismus, "Infoguide Mürren".
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Distances, ascents, walking times and route: Federal Roads Office FEDRO, cantons, SwitzerlandMobility Foundation — Hiking in Switzerland (ch.astra.wanderland) , open data OPEN BY.
