Top tour, even if there are a lot of hikers and even more cattle gates on the Betelberg side that slow down the flow a little. Completing all 5 ascents in one day is quite a challenge. In terms of riding technique, the Metchstand side is sometimes very demanding, especially in the lower part.
A top experience is the ride through the barren limestone landscape of Gryden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ff5_OJioA. A head for heights is a prerequisite!

We did the tour in the current dry summer weather. Once you've found the necessary composure for the many cow gates, it's a cool and very varied tour. The one or other deep, washed-out ditch in the trails also challenges your nerves and riding technique. However, it is clearly visible that Lenk is in the process of renovating the trails and integrating good water drainage. The trail to Stübleni has already been renovated, as has the first, more difficult part of Tungelpass. The way the trails looked, it could be a bit tedious in wet weather.

We rode the tour at the weekend and I wasn't very convinced by the whole thing. The first descent wasn't bad, especially the lower part has some very nice trails.
The 2nd descent is very nice at the top (scenic with the rock formations) but that's it. Then there are cow paths that are all full of holes, lots of mud and swamp crossings, and what felt like a thousand cow gates. It's not nice to ride and not really challenging either... well, just a cow path in the Bernese Oberland. The last part, which still sounded promising, was closed. So we had to ride along the road.... We skipped the 3rd descent, as it would end on the closed trail again, and switched to the valley side.
There we only made the 5th descent. /because I had ridden this one years ago and knew that at least there was something on offer here. The top part, however, is very tough again. Again a path that is probably mainly used by cattle and was accordingly full of holes. Then you finally come to the beautiful and very technical trails that I love! Super!
Once at the bottom, I got straight back into the gondola to tackle the last trail! But then, in typical Bernese Oberland fashion, the gondola stopped.... we sat in the gondola for a full hour just before the top station. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to ride the last full trail, so we cut it short at the top (we certainly didn't miss much) and rode the 2nd part of the last descent, which is okay, but not really anything special...
Conclusion: Nothing special. Only one trail (which I picked out myself on the Map 10 years ago) was really good!
The rest, as I feared, and as you know it from this region. not really exciting and you don't need to ride it a second time. I was very disappointed, because after the description of the ride I was expecting a bit more. One thing is clear: a lot needs to happen in the Bernese Oberland if it is to be called a bike destination!

A beautiful tour. Even if the article in the Ride "the little brother of the Bahnentour" is a bit over the top. There are simply too many of the typical Bernese Oberland spoilsports. Barbed wire along the trail, well-trodden cow paths where you get stuck with your pedals and pasture grids/turnstiles without end. The descent over the Trütlisberg Pass is scenically beautiful, but offers little in terms of riding technique. On the other hand, the other trails are great and offer technically challenging but also flowing passages. The lift staff are also very friendly. Adelboden-Lenk is on the right track, a few teething troubles still need to be ironed out, then you'll slowly get closer to the Bahnentour.

Did the tour on Sunday. The weather was great and the trails (with the exception of the second descent) were mostly dry.
The first descent from the Tungelpass is technical in the first section with lots of rocks, but easy to ride. The second section is a longer stretch on a forest road and then in the forest with lots of roots.
The second descent begins at Stübleni with the crater landscape, which you have to ride carefully. You then cross a longer section with a great panorama before riding over marshy pastures with numerous cow gates. This section is rather tough, but you're used to that in the Oberland... The lower section leads through a no-entry zone, which we "overlooked". First there is the descent to the Wallbach gorge, which is very steep and unrideable. But the rest is very nice again.
The third descent is very short but very nice if you like tight root trails.
Unfortunately, I didn't do the fourth descent due to a lack of time and then got straight onto the last one. This is then very varied. Steep meadows with tight hairpin bends are followed by sections in the forest and short sections on forest roads.
All in all, a great day with a fantastic panorama and exciting trails!
If you want to see my video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FBaTcxQ2rI&t=1s

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Hello
How much does a bike day pass cost in Lenk? And can this Map be used for Betelberg and Metsch? Unfortunately there is no information on the website, so I'm asking here. Perhaps the testers and authors of this gondola tour can provide this important information. Thank you very much!