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Saane River – Gümmenen Covered Wooden Bridge loop from Cressier FR

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Saane River – Gümmenen Covered Wooden Bridge loop from Cressier FR

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Saane River – Gümmenen Covered Wooden Bridge loop from Cressier FR

02:28

31.2km

280m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 17.9 km for 18 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.08 km

Schiffenen Dam

Highlight • Monument

Top highlight to get from the dam to the Saane in Laupen. On nice weekends completely overpopulated by pedestrians, riders and bikers. So choose time off and just enjoy.

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5.74 km

Schiffenensee Dam

Highlight • Monument

There is a great book about the formation of the Schiffenensee, with countless pictures of the Saane valley before it was flooded. verein-oskar.ch/php/schiffenensee-de.php

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8.79 km

The river Saane is often equated with the Röstigraben, i.e. the language border between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Between the Schiffenensee, which is dammed up from the Saane, and Laupen, you cycle through a small, beautiful nature reserve.

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10.5 km

Confluence of the Sense and Saane

Highlight • River

The scythe is created as the confluence of the cold scythe and the warm scythe in Zollhaus at 871 meters above sea level After 35.7 kilometers, the Bernese-Friborg river flows …

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10.7 km

Graffiti Wall Pathway Bern

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Small single at the end, but not requiring a lot of technique.

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14.4 km

Saane Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

The renewal of the Saane Viaduct will be completed at the end of 2020. A successful renovation!

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15.1 km

Flühlenmühle Historic Watermill

Highlight • Historical Site

The brook and the buildings are very covered by the surrounding forest.

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17.9 km

Gümmenen Covered Wooden Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

A first bridge was built around 1450. Since Gümmenen was a border town between the Bernese and the Friborg areas it had a special meaning. Here stood at the Saaneübergang a customs and guard house.

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31.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

8.34 km

4.01 km

3.75 km

2.18 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.1 km

9.20 km

5.21 km

1.90 km

782 m

Elevation

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Wednesday 20 May

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Saane River – Gümmenen Covered Wooden Bridge loop from Cressier FR

Schiffenen Dam

Schiffenensee Dam

Saane River

Confluence of the Sense and Saane

Graffiti Wall Pathway Bern

Saane Viaduct

Flühlenmühle Historic Watermill

Gümmenen Covered Wooden Bridge

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