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Best Mountain Hikes near Thun

The directory currently contains 47 quality-checked routes matching this guide near Thun. Their average mapped distance is 15.1 km and average recorded ascent is 930 m (3,051 ft); the longest route in the set is 115 km.

This subset represents 31% of the 153 quality-checked routes near Thun. Its average distance is 15.1 km, compared with 10.0 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 930 m (3,051 ft), versus 512 m (1,680 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

These routes carry the mountain tag. Their measured distance and ascent are shown separately so the label is not used as a proxy for difficulty. Within this set, 1 routes (2%) are rated easy, 27 (57%) are rated hard or expert, and 2 (4%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

Trails

Expert

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
22.4 km
/ 13.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,901 m
Typical duration
7 hr 45 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
17.1 km
/ 10.6 mi
Elevation gain
1,699 m
Typical duration
6 hr 10 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
22.7 km
/ 14.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,371 m
Typical duration
7 hr 1 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Lucerne · Switzerland

Distance
18.4 km
/ 11.4 mi
Elevation gain
648 m
Typical duration
4 hr 54 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.4 km
/ 12.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,150 m
Typical duration
5 hr 54 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
16.4 km
/ 10.2 mi
Elevation gain
1,302 m
Typical duration
5 hr 24 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
22.0 km
/ 13.7 mi
Elevation gain
1,032 m
Typical duration
6 hr 21 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
13.8 km
/ 8.6 mi
Elevation gain
923 m
Typical duration
4 hr 16 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

03-Lötschberg Panoramaweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
11.1 km
/ 6.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,208 m
Typical duration
4 hr 8 min
  • Mountain
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Expert

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
29.6 km
/ 18.4 mi
Elevation gain
1,136 m
Typical duration
8 hr 19 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moonlight over Spiez and Lake Thun. Månsken över Spiez och Thunsjön. Location: Spiez, Thunersee, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Suisse, Schweiz Photograph by: Berit Wallenberg Date: Taken on 19 June 1921 Format: Film Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/c
Expert

Panorama Rundweg Thunersee

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
60.1 km
/ 37.4 mi
Elevation gain
1,239 m
Typical duration
15 hr
  • Mountain
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
21.7 km
/ 13.5 mi
Elevation gain
348 m
Typical duration
5 hr 14 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Grenzpfad Napfbergland

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
115 km
/ 71.5 mi
Elevation gain
3,219 m
Typical duration
31 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Expert

Freiburger Voralpenweg

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
71.9 km
/ 44.7 mi
Elevation gain
2,730 m
Typical duration
20 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 14

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
10.3 km
/ 6.4 mi
Elevation gain
1,383 m
Typical duration
4 hr 14 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Emmenuferweg - Etappe 1

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
9.9 km
/ 6.1 mi
Elevation gain
102 m
Typical duration
2 hr 13 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 12

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
17.0 km
/ 10.5 mi
Elevation gain
798 m
Typical duration
4 hr 47 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 13

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
13.1 km
/ 8.2 mi
Elevation gain
1,121 m
Typical duration
4 hr 25 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

ViaBerna Etappe 16

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
12.4 km
/ 7.7 mi
Elevation gain
210 m
Typical duration
2 hr 54 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 15

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
16.7 km
/ 10.4 mi
Elevation gain
693 m
Typical duration
4 hr 34 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Nature Park Gantrisch
Hard

Gantrisch Panoramaweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
20.7 km
/ 12.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,063 m
Typical duration
6 hr 5 min
  • Mountain
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Zustieg Silberhornhütte

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
6.8 km
/ 4.2 mi
Elevation gain
1,986 m
Typical duration
4 hr 23 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Les Reposoirs

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
2.0 km
/ 1.3 mi
Elevation gain
200 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Mountain
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Zustieg Rottalhütte

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
5.7 km
/ 3.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,966 m
Typical duration
4 hr 8 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Auenlandschaft an der Engstlige ob Frutigen, ein Auengebiete von nationaler Bedeutung
Hard

Frutigen - Elsighorn

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
8.1 km
/ 5.0 mi
Elevation gain
1,059 m
Typical duration
3 hr 17 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Brienzergratweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.8 km
/ 12.3 mi
Elevation gain
1,697 m
Typical duration
6 hr 49 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Sackhorn from above Gfelalp
Moderate

Gfelalp - Lötschenpass

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
4.5 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
37 m
Typical duration
59 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Zünigwald - Obere Stalde

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
4.5 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
87 m
Typical duration
1 hr 3 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Fründenhütte

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
5.3 km
/ 3.3 mi
Elevation gain
651 m
Typical duration
2 hr 5 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Eiger, Munch and Jungfrau seen from the slopes of the Lauberhorn
Hard

Lauberhorn Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
6.2 km
/ 3.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,372 m
Typical duration
3 hr 21 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Gemmipass seen from a cable car, Leukerbad.
Moderate

Leukerbad Gemmi

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.2 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
487 m
Typical duration
1 hr 24 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Glaubenbielenpass at Giswil OW, Switzerland, with summit sign "Glaubenbielen Passhöhe 1611 m"
Hard

Bärgmandlipfad Giswil

Obwalden · Switzerland

Distance
12.7 km
/ 7.9 mi
Elevation gain
875 m
Typical duration
3 hr 57 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Eiger Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
5.7 km
/ 3.6 mi
Elevation gain
849 m
Typical duration
2 hr 28 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Schlund - Rüchiloch

Lucerne · Switzerland

Distance
2.5 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
41 m
Typical duration
35 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Siebenbrunnen-Weg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
8.2 km
/ 5.1 mi
Elevation gain
885 m
Typical duration
3 hr 2 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Kander River Source at Kander Neve, Kandersteg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland; Kanderfirn floodplain is registered as Glacier foreland in the list of Alluvial Zones of National Importance.
Moderate

Heimritz - Kanderfirn

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
4.0 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
774 m
Typical duration
2 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Kander River Source at Kander Neve, Kandersteg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland; Kanderfirn floodplain is registered as Glacier foreland in the list of Alluvial Zones of National Importance.
Moderate

Kanderfirn - Heimritz

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
4.4 km
/ 2.7 mi
Elevation gain
768 m
Typical duration
2 hr 4 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lötschenpass - Kummenalp

Valais/Wallis · Switzerland

Distance
3.1 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
40 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Zustieg Guggihütte

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
2.8 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
837 m
Typical duration
1 hr 51 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Mountain View Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
5.1 km
/ 3.2 mi
Elevation gain
490 m
Typical duration
1 hr 48 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Höh - Stand

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
3.8 km
/ 2.4 mi
Elevation gain
240 m
Typical duration
1 hr 9 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route

The shortlist, side by side

The ten highest scoring routes on this page, so you can compare effort before opening any of them.

Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
RouteDistanceAscentTimeDifficultyBest season
Via AlpinaBern22.4 km1,901 m7 hr 45 minExpertJuly to September
Via AlpinaBern17.1 km1,699 m6 hr 10 minHardJuly to September
Via AlpinaBern22.7 km1,371 m7 hr 1 minHardJune to October
Trans Swiss TrailLucerne18.4 km648 m4 hr 54 minHardJune to October
Via AlpinaBern19.4 km1,150 m5 hr 54 minHardJune to October
Via AlpinaBern16.4 km1,302 m5 hr 24 minHardJuly to September
Via AlpinaBern22.0 km1,032 m6 hr 21 minHardJune to October
Via AlpinaBern13.8 km923 m4 hr 16 minHardJune to October
03-Lötschberg PanoramawegBern11.1 km1,208 m4 hr 8 minHardJuly to September
ViaJacobiBern29.6 km1,136 m8 hr 19 minExpertApril to October

Via Alpina, Via Alpina, Trans Swiss Trail currently rank highest in this filtered set according to the directory score. Open an individual route to inspect its mapped line, elevation profile, data source and planning caveats. Check live access, conditions and local rules with an official source before travelling.

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