Distance: 9.5 miles (15 km)
Duration: One day
Start/end point: Schynige Platte to First
Difficulty: Moderate
Europe’s (the world’s?) finest one-day hike starts special, with a cogwheel railway from Wildeswil to the Botanic Garden at Schynige Platte, and continues along a ridge affording views north across Lake Brienz and south to the Eiger and Schreckhorn.
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