hiking

Hiking signs at Leiterli at the top of the Betelberg gondola.

Themed gondola on the Betelberg gondola.

Main hiking signs in Lenk.

Lenk on a rainy day.

Beautiful old house.

View from center of Lenk.

Center of Lenk.

Lenk-im-Simmental (Lenk), a small town in the Swiss Alps, is a hiking and skiing destination. It sits below the Wildstrübel mountain, at the end of a valley running south from the Simmental Valley, near the well-known towns of Gstaad and Saanen. Lenk is a delightful town and a good base for a...

Kandersteg, a small town in the Bernese Oberland of the Swiss Alps, is a hiking and skiing destination located in the River Kander valley, south west of Interlaken (population: 1200, elevation: 3,852 ft/1,174 m). Kandersteg is not as well known or crowded as other places in the Swiss Alps and is...

Walking to Gemmipass from Sunnbuel.

Walking to Gemmipass from Sunnbuel.

Hiking signs at Sunnbuel.

From the Sunnbuel gondola looking to Kandersteg.

Gondola to Sunnbuel.

Selden at the end of Gasterntal Valley.

Walking in the Gasterntal Valley.

Hotel Waldhaus on the road in Gasterntal Valley.

Trail through gorge to Gasterntal Valley.

Narrow road to Gasterntal Valley.

Hiking sign at start of road to Gasterntal Valley.