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8 day Independent tour

    This hiking holiday in the Bernese Oberland canton of Switzerland followe the Bear Trek (Trail) ans is available as a level 2-3 independent walking tour. Discover alpine Switzerland at its best with six days walking on the Bear Trek, crossing spectacular passes and scrambling along grand glaciers. The Bear-Trek passes through valleys and gorges, past the "Three Proud Swtzermen" Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau to the beautiful Swiss holiday villages of Adelboden and Lenk. Well, actually you won't meet any bears on this trek nowadays. The name of this route comes from the time when the region was wilderness and the territory of bears and wolfs. Today, hikers immerse into nature and breathe in the spectacular scenery. Crossing several passes on your way to summits, you are rewarded for your alpinist stamina by the imposing and beauty of the Alps!

    A number of alternative routes are available, if you feel tired or the weather suddenly changes. Often the daily stages can be shortened by covering some distance by public bus or chair lift.

    Overnight here after receiving your orientation kit.

Hike: 5h30

    You start at 10am at the railway station in Meirigen. There you deposit your luggage and take the public post bus to Rosenlaui. Hike over the Grosse Scheidegg Saddle (1962m) to Grindelwald, always with marvelous panoramic views of the three famous Bernian giants Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. To avoid the steep decent into Grindelwald, you may take the gondola lift down from First of Egg.

Day 3: Grindelwald - Lauterbrunnen

    The hiking tour today starts with a continious ascen up to the Little Scheidegg at the food of the Eiger north face. From here, you can take an optional train detour to the Jungfraujoch, the Top of Europe. You may descend to Lauterbrunnen via a steep track, past the spectacular Trümmelbach waterfalls.

(Easier alternative: descent to Lauterbrunnen via Wengen or train from Little Scheidegg to Lauterbrunnen)

    Early in the morning ascent by cable car to Mürren. Weather permitting, you walk over mostly covered paths of Sefinenfurgge through the breathtaking alpine scenery. Enjoy grand views of the Sefinfurke Pass (2612m), Blumlisalp, the Jungfrau region, and down into the Kiental Valley.

Hike: 7h00

    Today is the major day with the ascent to the Blüemlisalp. After a long and steep ascent to 2843m you are rewarded with a good lunch at the Blüemlisalp hut. Via the Hohtürli and across the moraines of the Blëmlialp glacier, you decend to the Lake Öschinensee. This lake is one of the most impressive mountain lakes of the Alps. Then you walk to Kandersteg.

(Alternative from Lake Öschinensee: downhill by chair lift)

Hike: 5h30

   First by cacle car and on the the Allmenalp, then you ascent to Bonderchrinde. From here, you enjoy a marvelous round view on the surroundings Alps. On a beautiful route through farmland and surrounded by cows, you descend to Adelbochen.

Hike: 4h30

Today you have the choice of two alternatives to end your Bear Trek:

- Variant 1: Easy walk via the Hahnenmoos to Lenk

- Variant 2: Via public post bus and cacle car on the Engstligenalp. Hike over the Ammeten ridge, past the Simmen waterfalls to Lenk.

    After breakfast your tour comes to an end and you may begin your journey home. We would also be more than happy to extend your stay in Europe.

PRICE & DETAILS

DEPARTURE DATES:

Every Saturday and Sunday from mid-June to mid-September

- 7 nights in 3*** hotels, in a double room with private facilities

- Buffet breakfasts

- Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel

- Transfers: Meiringen-Rosenlaui; Griesalp-Kiental-Griesalp

- Details on tourist attractions

- Route book and information pack

- 7-Day emergency service helpline