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On the south side of the chain, the Bernese Alps slope down to the Rhône Valley. Yet the border of canton Bern follows the crest of the main ridge. All to the south falls into canton Valais (Wallis to German-speaking Swiss), the region that is treated to its own guidebook in the same series: Walking in the Valais.

The Mountains

In the public eye mountaineering in the Oberland has been focussed on the Eiger through an avalanche of publicity matched only, perhaps, by that afforded the Matterhorn. The Eiger’s north wall has been the scene of many epic dramas played out in full view of the telescopes of Kleine Scheidegg, but elsewhere along the chain there are other peaks, other faces, other ridges that offer sport of considerable charm yet without notoriety, and whose features make a colourful background for walkers wandering the magnificent network of footpaths nearby.

The easy path linking Kleine Scheidegg and Männlichen is one of the busiest in the Bernese Alps. The Wetterhorn is clearly seen across Grindelwald’s basin