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 A Grade 3 extension to Route 3 leads across the Balmeregghorn to Planplatten and Meiringen in 6½hrs. From Engstlenalp to Tannenalp the route is the same as in Route 3, but thereafter the ridge dividing the two valleys is gained and followed southwestward across the slopes of Ezegg, then over the Balmeregghorn to Planplatten (2245m) where you have a choice of continuing routes to Meiringen. One option involves taking the Eagle Express gondola to Mägisalp and down to Meiringen.

ROUTE 4

Innertkirchen (625m) – Urbachtal – Gauli Hut (2205m)

Start Innertkirchen (625m) Distance 13km (one way) Height gain 1580m Grade 3 Time 6hrs Location South of Innertkirchen

Cutting into the mountains south of Innertkirchen, the Urbachtal is an uninhabited pastoral valley rising here and there in gorge-like narrows between high walls of rock. Its western wall is a stupendous flank of limestone – the Engelhörner – which divides the Urbachtal from that of Rosenlaui. This strenuous walk goes all the way through the valley to its inner recesses below the Gauligletscher which, with other icefields, forms a glacial cirque containing the valley’s headwall. Set upon a remote alp the Gauli Hut commands fine views of the Ewigschneehorn and Hienderstock.