Brienzer Alpentour (Interlaken-Meiringen)
Description
From Interlaken, follow the Veloland route along the southern shore of Lake Brienz, then turn right in Sengg and climb up a small mountain road to Werzisboden. You reach a tunnel, through which you reach Alp Plangäu and thus the start of the first descent. Just below the alp, keep left onto the trail into the forest, which leads to the Staatshütte and then rides as a forest trail and, at the very end, again as a singletrail to the Giessbach. Follow the little road downhill to Bramisegg and then climb up to Axalp. The singletrail to Hinterburgseeli follows next, then a steep alpine road up to Hinterburg. The downhill trail here is difficult to recognize in places and rides across alpine meadows. The start of the third ascent is reached at Züün. A small road takes you up to Wandelalp. This meadow landscape is a nature reserve, interspersed with open forest and small lakes. Do not leave the trail on your bike. The descent is then top class. The trail winds its way through the impressive landscape, with the Engelhörner peaks towering into the sky opposite. The singletrail fun comes to an end at the upper Stafelalp and the route now rides downhill along the alpine path to Rychenbach. Follow the mountain road out of the valley for a few meters and then turn left in Zwirchi towards Falcheren. The old access road takes you back to Meiringen via Reichenbach.
Alternatives: The single trail from Seilialp to Biel is not recommended and is only easy to ride in a few places
Tips:
- The route can be shortened as desired by joining the tour later. However, the Wandelalp is the highlight of the tour and should not be omitted under any circumstances.
- If you are traveling by train, you must plan your return journey from Interlaken in the direction of Bern carefully. Many ICE trains run on this line without bike transport.
- Deposit your bike at the culmination point and walk to the Gyresprung. Here you have a phenomenal view of Lake Brienz and the Hasli Valley.
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Details of the tour
54 km
2645 m
2615 m
560 above sea level
1869 above sea level
1 day
Interlaken
Meiringen
1403
well suited
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User comments (1)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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Unfortunately, a tour where description and reality diverge somewhat:
"... Start of the first descent reached. A little below the alp you have to keep left onto the trail into the forest, which rides to the Staatshütte ...". The description from the guide "Mountainbike Erlebnis Berner Oberland" is much better for this section: "The descent begins with a ride over bumpy alpine terrain and rides into a longer primeval forest-like section (15-20 minutes)." The section "... leads back to the Giessbach as a singletrail ..." is also not really suitable for a category 2 tour. It would be good if the tours were given a date and also critically checked for their classification from time to time. We skipped the last climb for reasons of time and strength. But I can hardly imagine that the last descent is so great that it has led to the first two-thirds of the tour being rated in such a glossy way. P.S. I ride a category 3 Saflisch pass without any problems and then I'm amazed that I missed my hiking boots on a category 2 tour.