ハプケルンの峠・トップ17

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Distinctive saddle between Zulzigraben and Justistal. An impressive place with steep walls to the east and west and special valleys to the north and south. Pleasant on foot, arduous on the bike.

The climb towards Eriz is very rocky and therefore bumpy. Good steering skills are an advantage.

It’s impossible to climb there without an e-bike (from both sides). I had to push for a long time.

When you climb from Sörenberg, this is the point where you reach the ridge and see Lake Brienz and the peaks of the Bernese Oberland for the first time - breathtaking!

A great route from Habkern to the top of the pass. Very bumpy descent and almost impossible for me

The "Lättgässli" is a gully on the north side of the Brienzer Grat with a developed, marked mountain hiking trail. The steep ascent and descent path is developed with steps in the upper part. Here the ridge path leading from the Rothorn changes from the south to the north side. It is therefore a kind of crossing over the Brienzer Grat at an altitude of 2160 m, without being a significant pass. Further down or west at Chrutere at an altitude of 2073 m, the path forks: to the southwest the path continues to the Chrutere pass and from there down to Planalp and Brienz; a steep path with a lot of scree leads down to the north on the steep northern slope of the mountain range down to Rossweid with the gondola down to Sörenberg or as a hiking trail to Sörenberg. Addition: As late as mid-June (2024) there was a lot of snow in the wide crevice. The ascent or descent was quite difficult. The wire rope safety device was absolutely necessary, but also problematic, namely far too loose, as it was obviously aimed at the steps further away.

A bit boggy but still always good to drive