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From Innertkirchen follow the narrow road which cuts away to the south of the Aare river to Grund, and then climbs in a long series of hairpins among forest, eventually levelling above a rocky cleft to enter the Urbachtal. There are footpath short-cuts in places. The road then crosses the Urbachwasser and heads into the valley proper after about 1hr 20mins.

On the trail to the Gauli Hut, great slab walls flank the Urbachtal

Continue along the road heading southwest, passing a string of farmhouses and haybarns dotted on either side among the meadows. The vast Engelhörner wall on the right is streaked with slender waterfalls and the whole scene is reminiscent of parts of Norway. High above, at the head of the valley, modest glaciers and snowfields may be seen draped from the Hangendgletscherhorn.

The road ends and becomes a stony track that winds upvalley, passes the little hut of Röhrmatten (seen to the left) and continues as a footpath. Ahead the valley narrows almost to gorge-like proportions and is heavily wooded. The path takes you up into the woods, gaining height steeply in places, then rounds a bend below a solitary cabin at 1364m and eases across a steep gully with a stream pouring through it. (Early in the season this gully may be choked with snow; in which case you should proceed with caution.) Beyond the gully the way becomes a gentle terrace, now out of the trees.