Kandersteg-Wätterbach-Oeschinen

Hiking

Tour data

4.8km

1,164 - 1,677m

Distance

491hm

7hm

Ascent

01:55h

Duration

Difficulty: medium
Rating: Technique

Fitness

Landscape

Experience
Route: Kandersteg (1,176 m)railway station

Kandersteg (1,174 m)village
0.4 km

Restaurant Bergstübli restaurant
4.8 km

Oeschinen (Bergstation) (1,688 m)aerialway station
4.8 km

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Description: Leave the Dorfstrasse before the last houses in the direction of Frutigen - i.e. at Wätterbachweg. Turn right and start climbing up the slopes through semi-woodland; the route is pleasantly sheltered in dappled shade during the mornings. A well maintained path with some steep sections that continues below Wätterbach forestry hut into the Alpine meadows. Cross the Alpine meadows and continue to Oeschinensee cable car mountain station.
DurationFrom the train station Kandersteg - mountain station Oeschinen cable car: 2 hours

GastronomyOeschinensee Mountain station kiosk
Directions: Bahnhof Kandersteg - Wätterbach - Bergstation Oeschinen
Highest point: 1,677 m
Endpoint: Bergstation Oeschinen
Height profile: © outdooractive.com
Public transportation: South of the Lötschberg, north of the Kander Valley. For this point between Brig (38 min.) and Bern (61 min.), an hourly train service is in operation.