Good afternoon
We will stay 8 days in the Berner Oberland using the 8 day Berner Oberland pass. We have already checked all the more popular hikes but I have just seen this hike from the historic Alpine Hotel Grimsel Hospiz and it looks amazing :)
However I found it hard to figure out how to go there by train from Lauterbrunnen (our home base) during summer months
Any suggestions?
Thanks a million :)
Murielle
There is a bus that goes there a couple of times a day in Summer. You will, as always, find the schedules on www.sbb.ch
From Grimsel Hospiz there there is a cable car up to the Oberaarsee, and from there you can then start your hike.
A lot of info is on this website:
The whole Grimsel Area is a nice destination if you want something a bit more off the beaten path, not overtouristed. With your BO pass the bus is included, but for the cable cars around Hospiz you will need to pay a reduced fare.
The bus is not very frequent though, so you may have to plan around it.
If I was doing this hike (and I might well do this this summer), I would do it like this:
The hike will take you about three hours (or five if you go all the way to the Glacier), and it is a proper mountain hike, so unless you have done this before, and know how to dress and prepare for that you maybe shouldn't do this. It does pass through some difficult terrain, and follows a ridge for some part of the route. You will need a head for heights for this.
An easier alternative would be to take the bus to Grimsel Hospiz, take the cable car to the Oberaarsee, and then just hike from there to the Glacier and back.
You take a bus from Meiringen to Grimsel, Hospiz to take the Oberaarbahn cable car.
https://www.grimselwelt.ch/en/railways/oberaarbahn/
https://www.berneseoberlandpass.ch/public-transport/oberaarbahn/
Woww thanks a lot! Very helpful! I tried to check on the SBB website but information seemed confusing.. Yes we thought it could be nice to get off the beaten path a bit :) We would have finished a trek from Chamonix to Zermatt so we will have the proper hiking gear. Thanks a lot :)
The bus over the Grimsel pass only runs in summer, as in winter the roads there are closed. They are probably still closed right now. (The children in Gutannen have a rather interesting way to get to their school in winter).
Do you need to search with the actual date you are here, and if the bus is running, it will show up.
The Hospiz is just called "Grimsel Hospiz", but there are only a handful of busses per day, so this will need some planning.
After researching based on your advice, it would maybe go as follows
Lauterbrunnen to Meirigen: 30 minutes by train
Then catch a bus (161 I think) from Meiringen to Grimsel Hospiz (it takes 47 minutes)
Or to Grimsel, summerloch / Grimsel Pass (Mountain), Switzerland (takes 41 minutes)
This hike maybe :)
https://www.alltrails.com/fr/randonnee/switzerland/bern/grimselpass-sidelhorn
what do you think?
Lauterbrunnen to Meirigen: 30 minutes by train
Nope. Just over an hour. It is 22 minutes just to get from Lautebrunnen to Interlaken Ost. Then another 34 minutes from Interlaken Ost to Meiringen.
Yes you are right. Sorry i checked from Interlaken :)
