Turbach-Trail
Description
The Turbach tour starts at the Betelbergbahn mountain station above Lenk. Sporty souls or e-mountain bikers can tackle the ascent along the Iffigbach and over the Hammerschwand under their own steam, while everyone else can take the gondola and thus lighten the load by a little over 800 meters in altitude. At the mountain station, follow the wide path uphill, pass the Stübleni on the north side and shortly afterwards reach the extraordinary karst region with its many small craters. Continue on a meadow trail to the Trütlisberg Pass and from there to Türli. Here you are at the entrance to the Turbach Valley. An excellent single trail now rides through the middle of the steep eastern side of the valley. It is constantly up and down and has the odd tricky section. The path here leads through extremely steep terrain and a safe riding style is required. This is how you reach the Rüwlispass and finally the lower Zwitzeregg. A longer section begins on a gravel road, always high above the Turbachtal valley. This takes you to Alp Gfell directly above the village of Gstaad, the starting point of the first-class final section of the tour: a fun, varied and winding single trail. If you started the tour early in the morning in Gstaad and then took the train via Zweisimmen to Lenk, you can now devote yourself entirely to the after-ride beer.
Tip: The route is well suited as a day tour from the Thun region by taking the train via Spiez and Zweisimmen to Lenk in the morning and then taking the train back to Spiez after the tour.
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Details of the tour
24 km
395 m
1280 m
1052 above sea level
2068 above sea level
1 day
Lenk im Simmental
Gstaad
1886
well suited
More information
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User comments (1)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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Did the tour yesterday. The start in particular is scenically impressive and fun to ride. From the Trütlisbergpass and throughout the ascending part of the singletrail in the Turbachtal valley, we found a rather muddy trail that had been trampled by cattle. This made the ascent a rather grueling affair. It will probably be better after a longer dry period. Long gravel road from Tanzhubel. Unfortunately, the first 300m descent from Hüenerspil is also on gravel road. At the end, the enduro mood is really good again for a good 400m, before the route leads over stairs (typical of the Bernese Oberland) and tarred roads to Gstaad station. If we were to do the tour again, it would probably be on an eBike. That would probably be a completely different ball game.