Descriptions of the daily stages

Day 1 – Meiringen Facts: 20 km, 530 m altitude, 1640 m depth The tour starts in Meiringen with a half-day tour, the morning is available for your arrival. In order to save time and energy, we recommend using the mountain railway for the initial ascent to Mägisalp. From Mägisalp you pedal up 300 metres on trails and gravel paths. Perfectly warmed up, the first single trail follows down to Käserstatt. It's best to take this turn with you for the ascent to the Gibel. At the summit cross, the next descent starts from 2,000 metres above sea level to Meiringen (600 metres above sea level). Before you start, enjoy the 360° view over the snow-covered mountains, Lake Brienz and the Haslital. In Meiringen you will find your hotel and rest for tomorrow's extensive stage.

Day 2 Meiringen – Facts: 41 km, 1900 m altitude, 2200 m depth. Variant with Postbus to Rosenlaui: 28 km, 1200 metres altitude, 1500 metres depth. The day starts with a long ascent over alpine roads. When you reach Wandelalp, you will have around 1300 metres of altitude difference in your legs. The high moor landscape is a real highlight for nature lovers. The descent into the is a pleasure and only in places a bit more challenging. Having arrived on the road to , we recommend now to get on the post bus in order to recharge your batteries for the last meters of altitude and trails of the day on the spectacular trip to Grosse Scheidegg. From Grosse Scheidegg the bike path leads via First to Bachalpsee, the most photographed mountain lake in the . After the photo stop, you have to concentrate for the descent on fantastic and very varied trails all the way to Grindelwald. The 1,100 metres of depth over alpine hiking trails, root stretches and trails are the crowning finale of the day. For those who think that the 1900 metres of altitude difference is too much for one day's stage or would like to take it easier, take the Postbus directly from Meiringen to Grindelwald in the morning and get off in Rosenlaui. There a short walk to the legendary glacier gorge is worthwhile before you climb the other 630 metres to the Grosse Scheidegg by bike. Continue as described above via First and the beautiful Bachalpseetrail.

Day 3 Grindelwald – Mürren Facts: easier tour (3aa and 3ba) 29 km, 1560 m altitude, 1650 m depth, longer and more difficult tour (3ab and 3bb): 39 km, 2015 m altitude, 2110 m depth Today's tour also starts with a longer ascent, you can either drive the 1100 meters directly to (GPS track 3aa) or take the detour via Männlichen (GPS track 3ab). This means an additional 400 vertical meters and 7 kilometers. The detour is worth it because of the sensational panorama of Männlichen and the subsequent flowing romantic trail, which means a lot of driving fun. On the Kleine Scheidegg, the hub to the , we turn away from the masses and ride with an impressive view of the Mönch and towards the race track, world-famous for the legendary ski race in winter. Parts of it can also be ridden by bike. You ride over single trails past the Hundsschopf to Wengenalp. Two variants are available for the continuation to . The technically

easy variant (3ba) leads over forest paths and meadow trails, the difficult one (3bb) over partly technically very demanding trails with hairpin bends, roots and steps. Beware, especially when it's wet the wooden beams lying across are treacherously slippery. In Lauterbrunnen, the large gondola lift is available for overcoming the next 700 metres in altitude. If you haven't had enough challenging descents for today, you can let off steam on the demanding freeride route to Lauterbrunnen and then take the cable car again. Otherwise you roll comfortably, the imposing panorama of the famous triumvirate Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau always in view, to Mürren.

Day 4 Mürren – Interlaken Facts: 37 km, 740 m altitude, 1800 m depth As usual, the tour day starts with an ascent. The 700 meters of altitude difference to the Rotstock hut are not completely drivable. At the latest at lunch at the stone-built hut, the exertions are forgotten and the upcoming descent with 1200 metres of depth will put a smile on your face. Over the official hiking trails you will be hurled over stones and forest soil into the valley. As with the other trails, the trail is super varied. Narrow bends, smaller steps and liquid stretches line up and end at the legendary Basejump steep face in Lauterbrunnen. The cycle route along the Weisse Lütschine leads to the Interlaken Ost railway station.

Day 5 Interlaken – Meiringen Facts: 32 - 43 km, 600-1920 vertical meters, 580-1890 depth meters There are two options for the last stage. The chilly tour leads along the northern shore of Lake Brienz. On the signaled 32km bike route, however, there are still 600 metres of altitude difference, the majority of the tour leads along forest roads. On the more difficult tour there are 42 km and almost 2000 metres of difference in altitude to overcome, whereby after the first longer descent you can also take a shortcut and roll comfortably along the to Meiringen. Crunchy ascents are compensated with driving fun on the descents, mostly on meadow trails.

GPX-Data - 1 Mägisalp-Meiringen - 2a Meiringen-Lauenen-Kaltenbrunnen - 2b Grosse Scheidegg-First - 2c First-Grindelwald - 3aa Grindelwald-Kleine Scheidegg direct - 3ab Grindelwald-Männlichen-Kleine Scheidegg - 3ba Kleine Scheidegg-Lauterbrunnen easy - 3bb Kleine Scheidegg-Lauterbrunnen heavy - 3c Grütschalp-Mürren - 4 Mürren-Rotstockhütte-Interlaken - 5aa Interlaken-Meiringen easy - 5ab Interlaken-Meiringen heavy