Tour of the Jungfrau Region

Map 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

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

Swiss maps are among the best in the world in terms of accuracy and artistic representation. The official Swiss mapping authority, the Bundesamt für Landestopographie, publishes three major series of sheets that cover the whole country at 1:100,000, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000, while the independent publisher, Kümmerly & Frey, has produced a series of walkers' maps at 1:60,000.

While the greatest amount of detail will be found on the 1:25,000 sheets, the specific maps recommended for the Tour of the Jungfrau Region are either the K&F sheet entitled Jungfrau Region (number 18), or two sheets of the official Swiss survey at 1:50,000 – 254T Interlaken and 264T Jungfrau. These should be adequate for most walkers' needs.

On both the Kümmerly & Frey sheet and those of the Swiss survey major paths are highlighted, as are huts. However, as the TJR is not an officially recognised route as yet, you will need to refer to the maps in this book to identify the actual trails adopted for the trek.

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'Cicerone Press and Kev Reynolds have found a winning format that must surely entice walkers into Alpine territory.

The Tour of the Jungfrau region does what it says. The walker is immediately uplifted into higher altitudes and commences a circuitous route with spectacular views of the Alpine giants. It’s a busy area but Kev’s latest edition suggests options to visit remoter terrain.

The public transport system works faultlessly. Double-deckers trains, numerous rack railways and an abundance of cable cars provide the walker with possibilities to rest tired legs! Avoid the busy and expensive Junfraujoch but do visit the revolving restaurant on the summit of the Shilthorn and enjoy the cinema showing part of the James Bond movie that was filmed on the mountain!’

(Strider - LDWA, December 2009)

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