Interlaken itinerary

1. 1

   Harder Kulm - The Signature Climb Above Interlaken

   Medium on this list, and the only mountain climb that begins in the town itself. Interlaken Ost to Harder Kulm measures 4.10 km with a signposted 2 hours 30 minutes, 758 m of ascent and 566 m of descent, running from…

   Address

   Harderstrasse 14, 3800 Interlaken

   Nearest transit

   Interlaken Ost railway station (BOB, Zentralbahn and SBB), about 10 minutes' walk to the Harderbahn valley station; local bus 103 also serves Interlaken Ost

2. 2

   Bachalpsee from Grindelwald-First - The Easiest Day Out From Interlaken Ost

   This is the gentlest of the three high-mountain routes here. First to Bachalpsee and back, waymarked as route No. 1, is 5.8 km round trip with 202 m of ascent and 202 m of descent, signposted at 1 hour 40 minutes…

   Address

   Talstation Firstbahn, 3818 Grindelwald

   Nearest transit

   Grindelwald railway station on the BOB line from Interlaken Ost, 8 to 10 minutes' walk to the Talstation Firstbahn; GrindelwaldBus line 121 also stops there

3. 3

   Eiger Trail - Under the North Face from Eigergletscher to Alpiglen

   Harder than Bachalpsee, well short of the Faulhornweg. Trail No. 36 covers 6.1 km from Eigergletscher to Alpiglen in a signposted 2 hours, with just 78 m of ascent against 779 m of descent as it drops from 2,346 m to…

   Address

   Eigergletscher station, 3818 Grindelwald

   Nearest transit

   Grindelwald Terminal railway station, Grundstrasse 54, 3818 Grindelwald, direct from Interlaken Ost, then the Eiger Express gondola to Eigergletscher

4. 4

   Schynige Platte to First - The Faulhornweg Traverse

   This is the hard one, and nothing else on the list is close. The Faulhornweg runs 16.19 km from Schynige Platte to First in a signposted 6 hours, climbing 825 m and losing 639 m across a range of 1,910 m to 2,681 m…

   Address

   Bahnhof Wilderswil, Hauptstrasse 2, 3812 Wilderswil

   Nearest transit

   Wilderswil railway station on the BOB line from Interlaken Ost; the Schynige Platte Railway departs from the same station

5. 5

   Interlaken West to the St. Beatus Caves - The Easy Lake Thun Shore Walk

   The easy option, and the only route here that needs no lift ticket and no mountain season. It runs 8.5 km from Interlaken West station along the north shore of Lake Thun to the St. Beatus Caves in about 2 hours 20…

   Address

   St. Beatus-Hohlen, 3800 Sundlauenen

   Nearest transit

   Interlaken West railway station at the trail start; at the far end, STI bus line 21 (Thun to Interlaken) stops at "Beatushohlen" by the cave entrance

From the trip1 travel guide “5 Best Hikes in Interlaken” · trip1.com