Tour of the Jungfrau Region. Kev Reynolds

      

      TOUR OF THE JUNGFRAU REGION

      by Kev Reynolds

      JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,

      OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Author

      Kev Reynolds, who created the Tour of the Jungfrau Region, first visited the Alps in 1960s, and has returned there almost every year since to walk, trek or climb, to lead mountain holidays, devise multi-day routes or to research a series of guidebooks covering the whole range. A freelance travel writer and lecturer, he has a long association with Cicerone Press, which began with his first guidebook Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees. Published in 1978, it has grown through many editions and is still in print. He has also written more than a dozen books on Europe’s premier mountain range, including 100 Hut Walks in the Alps 100 Hut Walks in the Alps, Walking in the Alps, The Swiss Alps and Trekking in the Alps, a series of trekking guides to Nepal, a memoir covering some of his Himalayan journeys (Abode of the Gods) and a collection of 75 autobiographical short stories and anecdotes harvested from 50 years of mountain activity (A Walk in the Clouds). Kev is a member of the Alpine Club, the Outdoor Writers’ & Photographers’ Guild, an honorary member of SELVA (Société d’Études de la Littérature de Voyage Anglophone), and the British Association of International Mountain Leaders (BAIML). After a lifetime’s activity, his enthusiasm for the countryside in general and mountains in particular remains undiminished, and during the winter months he regularly travels throughout Britain and abroad to share that enthusiasm through his lectures. Check him out at www.kevreynolds.co.uk.

      Other Cicerone guides by the author

      110 Hut Walks in the Alps

      Abode of the Gods

      A Walk in the Clouds

      Alpine Pass Route

      Alpine Points of View

      Central Switzerland

      Chamonix to Zermatt – the Walker’s Haute Route

      Écrins National Park

      The Bernese Oberland

      The Cotswold Way

      The North Downs Way

      The Pyrenees

      The South Downs Way

      The Swiss Alps

      Tour of Mont Blanc

      Tour of the Oisans

      Tour of the Vanoise

      Trekking in the Alps

      Trekking in the Himalaya

      Trekking in the Silvretta and Rätikon Alps

      Walking in Austria

      Walking in Kent

      Walking in Sussex

      Walking in the Alps

      Walking in the Valais

      Walking in Ticino – Switzerland

      Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees

      Walks in the Engadine – Switzerland

      Walks in the South Downs National Park

      © Kev Reynolds 2018

      Third edition 2018

      ISBN: 978 1 85284 864 4

      Second edition 2009

      First edition 2006

      Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore

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

      All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.

      Acknowledgements

      Trekking the Tour of the Jungfrau Region is an enriching experience, and daily highlights are numerous. Not least of these will be found in the huts, inns and berghotels in which your nights will be spent. Wherever my wife and I have stayed on the TJR we have received much kindness and warm hospitality, especially from Marc and Diane at The Alpenhof in Stechelberg, who make every visit a special occasion. Thanks, too, to Silvia Linder, whose friendship is an added bonus, and to Alan and Morna Whitlock, who trekked with us on our most recent tour. Once again their company added much to the experience.

      My thanks to the many readers who shared their memories and recorded their appreciation of the route via email and letter, to the various office staff who supplied information and accommodation details, to the good folk at Switzerland Travel in London for generous assistance with travel, and once again I am grateful to Jonathan Williams, my friend and publisher, for channelling my enthusiasm for the route into this guide, to the rest of the Cicerone team for allowing me to benefit from their skills and talents – and, as ever, to Min for being with me every step of the way.

      Updates to this Guide

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/864/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, Juniper House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RL.

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      Front cover: With the Eiger and Kleine Scheidegg ahead, trekkers descend into Grindelwald’s valley (Photo credit: Joe Williams)

      CONTENTS

       Map/profile key

       Mountain safety

       Location map

       Overview map

       Preface to the Third Edition

       INTRODUCTION

       The route

       Accommodation

       Suggested itineraries

       How to get there

       When to go

       Language

       Notes for walkers