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    Tour of the Jungfrau Region: 10 days trekking in the Bernese Oberland
    Tour of the Jungfrau Region: 10 days trekking in the Bernese Oberland
    Tour of the Jungfrau Region: 10 days trekking in the Bernese Oberland
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    Tour of the Jungfrau Region: 10 days trekking in the Bernese Oberland

    By Kev Reynolds

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    A guidebook to walking the Tour of the Jungfrau Region between Schynige Platte and Wilderswil. Covering 111km (69 miles), this long-distance trek through Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland takes around 10 days and is suitable for trekkers with some Alpine experience.

    The route is described clockwise in 10 stages, each between 12 and 32km (7–22 miles) in length. A number of high- and low-level route alternatives are included allowing you to select the itinerary that suits you.

    • Sketch maps are included for each stage
    • Detailed information on accommodation, refreshments and facilities along the route
    • Advice on planning and preparation
    • Highlights include views of the Wetterhorn and Eiger
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCicerone Press
    Release dateJun 16, 2018
    ISBN9781783626441
    Tour of the Jungfrau Region: 10 days trekking in the Bernese Oberland
    Author

    Kev Reynolds

    A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drove Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year in various high-mountain regions researching guidebooks made him The Man with the World's Best Job. Kev enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone from the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds. 'A Walk in the Clouds' is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He was also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide 'Trekking in the Himalaya' and Cicerone's celebratory anniversary compilation 'Fifty Years of Adventure'. A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also wrote and illustrated brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lived with his wife in a small cottage among what he called 'the Kentish Alps', with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travelled throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he wrote about through a series of lectures. Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.

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      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 updates@cicerone.co.uk or by post to Cicerone, Juniper House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RL.

      Register your book: To sign up to receive free updates, special offers and GPX files where available, register your book at www.cicerone.co.uk.

      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

      Equipment

      Recommended maps

      Safety in the mountains

      Wildlife and alpine flowers

      Using the guide

      TOUR OF THE JUNGFRAU REGION

      Part 1 Schynige Platte to Stechelberg

      Stage 1 Schynige Platte to First

      Stage 2 First to Hotel Wetterhorn

      Alternative Stage 2 First to Hotel Wetterhorn via the Gleckstein Hut

      Stage 3 Hotel Wetterhorn to Alpiglen

      Alternative Stage 3 Hotel Wetterhorn to Berghaus Bäregg

      Stage 4 Alpiglen to Kleine Scheidegg/Grindelwaldblick

      Stage 5 Kleine Scheidegg/Grindelwaldblick to Stechelberg

      Part 2 Stechelberg to Wilderswil

      Stage 6 Stechelberg to Obersteinberg

      Alternative Stage 6 Stechelberg to Obersteinberg (direct route)

      Stage 7 Obersteinberg to the Rotstock Hut

      Stage 8 Rotstock Hut to the Blumental

      Stage 9 Blumental to the Suls-Lobhorn Hut

      Stage 10 Suls-Lobhorn Hut to Wilderswil

      APPENDIX A Useful addresses

      APPENDIX B Accommodation directory

      APPENDIX C Language primer

      APPENDIX D Bibliography

      As you near Pfingstegg, a backward glance shows the Wetterhorn to be a vast mountain of rock

      PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

      Shortly after the first edition of this guide was published in 2006, I received an email from a highly experienced trek leader, who said: ‘I’m sure the TJR is destined to become one of the great walks of the world!’ That view has since been endorsed by countless other hill walkers who have followed in her footsteps.

      Located in one of Europe’s finest mountain regions, the whole tour is a feast of scenic delights, while accommodation and refreshment stops along the way add much to the trekker’s experience.

      I knew this long before the route was properly worked out, for since my first visit to the Jungfrau Region in the mid-1960s I’ve spent a great many weeks either selecting routes for guidebooks or leading walking holidays there, and loving every minute. Who wouldn’t? The mountains are second to none in visual drama, the meadows extravagant with alpine flowers, the wildlife plentiful. But every visit would reveal changes, either to the tourist infrastructure, or to the landscape itself. So chairlifts became gondolas, places to stay overnight increased in number, paths were rerouted as a result of a rockfall or spring flood, snowfields and glaciers shrank in size, and huge chunks or mountain and moraine collapsed – thanks to the effects of global warming. Previous editions of this guidebook reflected the landscape as it was during research, but I’m prepared to bet that before the fourth edition goes to print, there will be more changes to report.

      None of these things detract from the delights of the Tour of the Jungfrau Region, and my wish is that when you’ve completed your tour, you will come to echo the words slightly misquoted from the top of the page, that the TJR is one of the great walks of the world!

      May you enjoy every step, and greet each day as the gift it is.

      Kev Reynolds, 2018

      After crossing below the Laucherhorn a view shows the distant Lauterbrunnen Breithorn (Stage 1)

      INTRODUCTION

      The view from Schynige Platte is one of the finest in all the Alps, with the ice-crested wall of the Bernese Alps spread out for inspection as your attention is inevitably drawn to the south.

      From left to right this wall comprises the Wellhorn, Wetterhorn, Bärglistock, Schreckhorn, Lauteraarhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Fiescherhorn, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, Ebnefluh, Mittaghorn, Grosshorn, Breithorn, Tschingelhorn, Gspal tenhorn, Blüemlisalp and Doldenhorn; as grand a collection of mountains as you could wish to lay eyes upon. Glaciers

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