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Switzerland

Espace Mittelland

Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Kandersteg

To the Kanderfällen

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Hiking trails & Routes

Switzerland

Espace Mittelland

Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Kandersteg

To the Kanderfällen

Easy

4.2

(6)

hikers

To the Kanderfällen

01:45

5.62km

190m

Hiking

The wild and romantic Gasterntal is one of the most beautiful in Switzerland. The gorge at its entrance offers an impressive water spectacle. This tour from the valley station of the Sunnbüel cable car takes you through tunnels and galleries to the young Kander, after which the Waldhaus mountain hotel…

by Tourismus Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg

Last updated: September 5, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

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94 m

Sunnbüel Cable Car Valley Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Use the Sunnbüel cable car to get to the mountain station at an altitude of 1,934 meters quickly and comfortably. From there you have direct access to breathtaking hiking trails, …

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265 m

View of Kandersteg

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If you climb a few metres from the valley station of the Sunnbüelbahn, you will soon have a beautiful view of the Kandertal and the town of Kandersteg. A Swiss idyll straight out of a picture book.

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1.29 km

Confluence of the Schwarzbach and the Kander

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Confluence of the clear Schwarzbach and the milky, still young Kander, which plunges down the valley here.

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1.85 km

Hotel Waldhaus Kandersteg

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A cozy restaurant with friendly service, wonderfully situated on the Kander river.

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2.47 km

View of the Geltenbach Falls

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First good view of the Geltenbach Falls. These spring directly from a cave system and were for a long time one of the last unexplored areas in Switzerland.

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5.62 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.40 km

1.59 km

1.29 km

340 m

Surfaces

3.84 km

1.18 km

403 m

189 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,370 m)

Lowest point (1,200 m)

Weather

Wednesday 3 June

11°C

2°C

99 %

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Comments

June 28, 2024

The wild and romantic Gasterntal is one of the most beautiful in Switzerland. The gorge at its entrance offers an impressive water spectacle. This tour from the valley station of the Sunnbüel cable car takes you through tunnels and galleries to the young Kander, after which the Waldhaus mountain hotel

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Sunnbüel Cable Car Valley Station

View of Kandersteg

Confluence of the Schwarzbach and the Kander

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View of the Geltenbach Falls

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