Kandersteg has 550km of hiking trails and with a well-developed network of mountain huts, this tiny Swiss village is a great place to do some serious trekking. Only about 1000 people live full time in the village so you can be sure to find some solace in this mountainous adventure location.
Single Day Treks
Make sure you head up to Oeschinensee Lake, where a spectacular cliff face boarders one side of the water. To get there you can either take the cable car then walk for 20 minutes or walk all the way from Kandersteg which takes around an 1hr. Perhaps stay a night beside the Oeschinensee Lake either at Berghotel Oeschinensee (email: info@oeschinensee.ch, telephone: +41 (0)33 675 11 19) or Berghaus (email: berghausoeschinensee@bluewin.ch, telephone +41 (0)33 675 11 66).
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Multiday Treks
Here’s a list of the mountain refuges around Kandersteg. For more detailed information of the routes from Kandersteg to specific mountain refuges that can be reached, download the SAC Mountain Huts and Tours map and download a PDF outlining each trek and mountain hut.
The Kandersteg tourism website features a downloadable summer trekking map of Kandersteg so you can start planning your routes now. There is also a great map that suggests routes between the SAC mountain refuges if you want to make your treks a little more challenging. Click here to download the front of the map and here to download the back.
Accommodation in Kandersteg
Use this accommodation searcher to find other places to stay in Kandersteg. Schwarenbach offers guided treks so would be a good place to start a week-long trip.
Equipment Rental
Grossen Sport (site in German, contact them: info@grossen-sport.ch)
Maps and Books
‘Kandersteg and surroundings’ which uses the scale 1:25000 and can be bought for CHF 16.80 at the Kandersteg Tourist Office.
Useful links
Information on weather in Kandersteg.
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