Walking in the Bernese Oberland. Kev Reynolds

      

      THE BERNESE OBERLAND

      by Kev Reynolds

      JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,

      OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Author

      Kev Reynolds is a freelance travel writer and lecturer whose first title for Cicerone (Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978, and has been in print ever since. He has produced numerous books on the Alps, a series of trekkers’ guides to Nepal and, nearer to home, several guides to walking in Southern England. For many years he devised and led walking and trekking holidays throughout Europe and the Himalaya, and in 2013 Cicerone published a collection of short stories and anecdotes harvested from his fifty years among mountains, entitled A Walk in the Clouds. The first honorary member of the British Association of International Mountain Leaders (BAIML), and a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, Kev’s passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, remains undiminished after a lifetime’s activity. When not trekking in one of the world’s great mountain ranges, he lives among what he calls ‘the Kentish Alps’, and during the winter months regularly travels throughout the UK to share his enthusiasm with others through his lectures. Check him out on www.kevreynolds.co.uk.

      Other Cicerone guides by the author

      Abode of the Gods

      100 Hut Walks in the Alps

      A Walk in the Clouds

      Central Switzerland

      Chamonix to Zermatt

      Écrins National Park

      The Cotswold Way

      The North Downs Way

      The Pyrenees

      The South Downs Way

      The Swiss Alpine Pass Route

      Tour of Mont Blanc

      Tour of the Jungfrau Region

      Tour of the Oisans: The GR54

      Tour of the Vanoise

      Trekking in the Alps

      Trekking in the Himalaya

      Trekking in the Silvretta & Rätikon Alps

      Walking in Austria

      Walking in Kent

      Walking in Sussex

      Walking in the Alps

      Walking in the Valais – Switzerland

      Walking in Ticino – Switzerland

      Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees

      Walks in the Engadine – Switzerland

      Walks in the South Downs National Park

      © Kev Reynolds 2015

      Fourth edition 2015

      ISBN: 978 1 85284 796 8

      Reprinted 2018 (with updates)

      (Supersedes The Bernese Alps – Switzerland)

      Third edition 2005

      Second edition 1997

      First edition 1992

      Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.

      Updates to this Guide

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      Front cover: The distant Wetterhorn, Eiger and Mönch dominate views from a high point above Mürren

      CONTENTS

       Map key

       Overview map

       Route summary table

       Preface

       INTRODUCTION

       The Bernese Oberland

       The Mountains

       Getting There

       Public Transport in the Bernese Oberland

       Accommodation

       Weather

       Notes for Walkers

       Suggested Equipment List

       Recommended Maps

       Using this Guide

       Information at a Glance

       HASLITAL

       Route 1 Engstlenalp – Schwarzental

       Route 2 Engstlenalp – Hinderarni – Reuti – Meiringen

       Route 3 Engstlenalp – Tannenalp – Melchsee-Frutt

       Route 4 Innertkirchen – Urbachtal – Gauli Hut

       Route