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GAULI HUT (2205m) Near the head of the Urbachtal, this 65-place hut is owned by the Bern Section of the SAC, and has a resident guardian from April to early October (Tel 033 971 31 66 www.gauli.ch).

ROUTE 1

Engstlenalp (1834m) – Schwarzental (1369m)

Start Engstlenalp (1834m) Distance 5km Height loss 465m Grade 1 Time 1–1½hrs Location Northeast of Innertkirchen

Engstlenalp lies at the head of the lovely Gental, in a location reckoned by Professor John Tyndall, the scientific Irishman and a Vice-President of the Alpine Club, as ‘one of the most charming spots in the Alps.’ What he wrote in 1866 is still true today. There’s a Victorian hotel, gentle pastures, a clutch of timber chalets and barns, and the clear blue-green Engstlensee walled to the south by a huge mass of slabs topped by a ridge linking the Mähren and Wendenstöcke which continues over the Reissend Nollen to the summit of the Titlis. Cattle graze along the shores of the lake, and much of the area is a designated nature reserve. A track goes to the lake from the hotel and car park, and when it narrows, a path rises to the Joch Pass (2207m), and over to Engelberg. There’s also a chairlift to the pass from the eastern end of the lake. (See Central Switzerland, a walking guide in the same series as the present book, for additional routes.)