On the northern side of the Rhone Valley in Switzerland, between Lake Geneva in the west and the Grimsel Pass in the east, there stretches the high mountain range of the Bernese Alps. This guidebook... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I just returned from a 2 1/2 week trip to the Bernese Oberland region in Switzerland and if you plan on doing any extensive hiking this book is a great guide. I used local maps as well as this book as my sole resources while in the area and had a great trip with amazing hiking. Definately recommend it if you're going to be in this area for any extended amount of time.
Excellent!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I was hiking 8 days in the bernese alps, and this book is almost perfect for it. almost - because all of its trips are day trips, but it has in its end a multi-day tours combination (from the 1 day tours) - one of them I did. (Meiringen - Griesalp). The book is very detailed, and also points out to the problems in the extraordinary marked swiss paths. one other thing I missed in it, is the lack of map (or drawing) with all the trips of that area. last thing: since this is not the swiss pass route book, maybe there was a place for more details on the villages them self, and\or attractions in them. (the example I have in mind is the Trümmelbach waterfalls in Lauterbrunnen") Overall - I am very happy with it and recommend it highly. one last thing: for the swiss pass route, there are excellent sites with lots of details, which might make this book redundant.
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