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Route 102 Lauenen – Höhi Wispile – Gstaad

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Route 103 Gsteig – Krinnen Pass – Hinderi Wispile – Gsteig

Route 104 Gsteig – Blattipass – Col du Pillon

Route 105 Gsteig – Blattipass – Arnensee – Feutersoey

Route 106 Col du Pillon – Lac Retaud – Col du Pillon

Route 107 Col du Pillon – Col de Voré – Seeberg – Feutersoey

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Route 108 Oberland Passes

Route 109 Tour of the Jungfrau Region

Route 110 Tour of the Wildhorn

Appendix A Useful contacts

Appendix B Glossary

Appendix C Further reading

ROUTE SUMMARY TABLE

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

Approaching the Eldorado slabs on the way to the Lauteraar Hut (Route 6)

The Eiger floats on a sea of mist as dusk settles over the Grindelwald basin – the view from First (Route 14)

Although the previous three editions of this guide were published as The Bernese Alps, I have been persuaded to change the title to ‘The Bernese Oberland’, since this is how the mountains of Switzerland’s canton Bern are better known by the general public. The outline borders of the region whose valleys and routes are described within these pages, have not changed. Nor has the dramatic beauty of its mountains. But some of their individual features have. Thanks to climate change, since this book first appeared, many of the glaciers and snowfields have been substantially reduced or even vanished completely, moraines have collapsed after being undercut, and massive chunks of rock have broken away from the main block of mountain of which they were previously a part. Anyone who makes frequent visits to the European Alps will be aware of such dramatic changes; yet the appeal of the Bernese Oberland as one of the Continent’s most exciting destinations for the discerning mountain walker, remains as powerful as ever.