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Leaving Meiringen take the main valley road out of town and across the Aare river to enter the neighbouring village of Willigen. About 50m beyond Hotel Tourist turn right along a narrow road between a house and a barn. When the road ends take a grass path rising steeply ahead. This brings you onto another minor road which you follow briefly before cutting away again on the continuing path. Several times this path leapfrogs the road, but is waymarked with precision so there is little chance of missing it. It leads over pastures and soon reaches the hamlet of Schwendi (792m; 40mins). Accommodation may be had here at Hotel Schwendi (Tel 033 971 28 25).

Continue along the road for a short distance until a footpath cuts off to the right, enters forest and becomes a paved mule-track that brings you to Gasthaus Zwirgi (Tel 033 971 14 22), located near the Reichenbach Falls. A signpost here suggests it will take 45mins to reach Kalterbrunnen. The path leaves the road on the left and takes you through more forest and meadow before rejoining the road near Berggasthof Kaltenbrunnen (1210m) about 1¾hrs from Meiringen (beds & dorm accommodation Tel 033 971 19 08). A 4hr circular walk from Kaltenbrunnen breaks away to the northwest, visits Kaltenbrunnen Alp and Stafel, and continues to the Hochmoor – Europe’s highest protected upland moor at around 1800m.