Route Information

On the Jungfrau Region website, you can book this tour and take advantage of their expertise and the following services:

• 3 nights (Grindelwald, Mürren, Meiringen) in a double room incl. breakfast
• 3 dinners
• 3 luggage transfers (Grindelwald-Mürren, Mürren-Meiringen, Meiringen-Grindelwald)
• Ticket Glacier Gorge Rosenlaui
• GPS tracks for 3 day tours
• Bicycle maps and documentation

The suggested season for this gravel bike epic is June to October, when the snow has disappeared from high ground. Visit the Jungfrau Region website for more information CLICK HERE

Stats each day

Day one: Grindelwald to Murren – 30 km, 1200 metres ascent

Day two: Mürren to Meiringen – 60 km, 800 metres ascent

Day three: Meiringen to Grindelwald – 30 km, 1500 metres ascent

Refreshments & Where to Stay: The Grindelwald and Jungfrau region are well versed in where to stay and what to do. Simply contact their tourism offices and they’ll give you great advice on where to stay and where to eat. Booking the tour itself, then all will be catered for anyway!

Character: Tough and steep, this is a ride for those with experience in the hills and a god level of fitness. However, if you’re ready for the adventure, it is an epic ride!

Route

Day 1

The ride starts in Grindelwald, using cycle route 61 out of the valley and along the black Lütschine to Zweilütschinen. Once here, you change to the Alpine Route 1 to Lauterbrunnen. Arriving at Lauterbrunnen, the second climb begins, as you ride on the signposted bike trail 450 in the direction of Mürren.

From Mittelberg,  leave the signposted bike route and ride on an asphalt path along the railway line directly to Mürren. It’s now time to enjoy a car-free, unspoilt panoramic mountain village, sitting at the foot of the Schilthorn and with breathtaking views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau – well worth the gravel grind.

Day 2 

Today, you have 60 km to ride and 800 metres of ascending, so it’s aday to take your time and to enjoy the scenery. Of course, you can try to be epic and ride continuously from day one. However, we see that as a foolhardy way of exploring the Alps.

From the village of Mürren, ride back on bike route 450 along small and sometimes steep asphalt and alpine paths via the villages of Gimmelwald to Stechelberg. It’s now time to roll silently into the magical Lauterbrunnen Valley passing by the iconic Trümmelbach Falls. After Lauterbrunnen, you can choose to ride on the right side of the river on forest tracks and easy trails, Alpine Bikeroute 1 (GPS track), or you can ride on the left side of the river and stay on the road.

From Zweilütschinen, bike route 1 leads along the right bank of the Lütschine to Wilderswil and through Interlaken to the northern shore of Lake Brienz. From here, bike trail 451 leads to Brienz on partly paved and partly unpaved paths with constant ups and downs, always with a beautiful view of the deep blue Lake Brienz.

Once in the village of Brienz, it’s a change to the Aare cycle path no. 8 and the final few kilometres of the day , riding quietly along the right bank of the Aare for a much deserved rest and refreshments.

Day 3

Alpine Bike Route No. 1 starts you off today, as we head back to Grindelwald. Along the way, the route cycles past the legendary Reichenbach Falls, before  the village of Rosenlaui is reached after a further 400 metres in altitude. If hunger and great food is necessary, then, after a further 100 metres in altitude, the beautiful Chalet Schwarzwaldalp beckons with culinary delights – a place that is taken on the organised ride on the Jungrau website, and a place that we also recommend.

Your route then moves onwards to the highest point of the day, the Grosse Scheidegg, with epic views all around you, before you begin the amazing descent back to Grindelwald, with the mountains standing sentinel all around.