🥾 Via Alpina Green Trail: Stage 13 Kandersteg to Adelboden
Crossing the Bunderchrinde Pass: Scenic and Physically Demanding
📋 Fast Facts
- Distance: 16 km (10 miles)
- Duration: 6.5–7.5 hours
- Ascent: 1,400 m (4,593 ft); Descent: 1,250 m (4,101 ft)
- Difficulty: T3–T4 (requires high fitness and sure-footedness)
- Season: Late June to September; snow renders it a specialized alpine route outside this window
Stage 13 of the Via Alpina Green Trail (Swiss National Route 1) stretches from Kandersteg to Adelboden through the Bernese Oberland. This section is renowned for its breathtaking alpine scenery and the dramatic crossing of the Bunderchrinde Pass. It combines challenging ascents, steep descents, and panoramic vistas across multiple peaks and valleys ...