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Hard Hiking Trails near Bern

The directory currently contains 62 quality-checked routes matching this guide near Bern. Their average mapped distance is 30.3 km and average recorded ascent is 853 m (2,799 ft); the longest route in the set is 424 km.

This subset represents 41% of the 153 quality-checked routes near Bern. Its average distance is 30.3 km, compared with 15.8 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 853 m (2,799 ft), versus 438 m (1,437 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

This set contains routes rated hard or expert from their available distance and elevation measurements. Within this set, 0 routes (0%) are rated easy, 62 (100%) are rated hard or expert, and 2 (3%) 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

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A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

15.7 km

Alpine Panorama Trail

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

256 m

Alpine Panorama Trail

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

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Trails

Landscape panorama at Hergiswil near Willisau, canton Lucerne, Switzerland.
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
16.9 km
/ 10.5 mi
Elevation gain
256 m
Typical duration
3 hr 58 min
  • Mountain
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
15.7 km
/ 9.8 mi
Elevation gain
665 m
Typical duration
4 hr 18 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
17.3 km
/ 10.7 mi
Elevation gain
713 m
Typical duration
4 hr 44 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
18.8 km
/ 11.7 mi
Elevation gain
756 m
Typical duration
5 hr 9 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.4 km
/ 12.1 mi
Elevation gain
887 m
Typical duration
5 hr 31 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
16.1 km
/ 10.0 mi
Elevation gain
629 m
Typical duration
4 hr 19 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
22.1 km
/ 13.7 mi
Elevation gain
382 m
Typical duration
5 hr 23 min
  • Alpine meadow
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
24.0 km
/ 14.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,288 m
Typical duration
7 hr 12 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
20.4 km
/ 12.7 mi
Elevation gain
1,228 m
Typical duration
6 hr 15 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.8 km
/ 12.3 mi
Elevation gain
922 m
Typical duration
5 hr 39 min
  • Mountain
  • 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
Abbey Altenryf in Hauterive; Fribourg, Switzerland.
Expert

Fribourg en diagonale

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
68.0 km
/ 42.3 mi
Elevation gain
1,574 m
Typical duration
18 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Neuchâtel · Switzerland

Distance
22.2 km
/ 13.8 mi
Elevation gain
479 m
Typical duration
5 hr 33 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
21.0 km
/ 13.0 mi
Elevation gain
816 m
Typical duration
5 hr 47 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.1 km
/ 11.9 mi
Elevation gain
467 m
Typical duration
4 hr 48 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
21.9 km
/ 13.6 mi
Elevation gain
393 m
Typical duration
5 hr 21 min
  • 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
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.4 km
/ 12.1 mi
Elevation gain
633 m
Typical duration
5 hr 8 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
15.2 km
/ 9.5 mi
Elevation gain
596 m
Typical duration
4 hr 4 min
  • Waymarked route
Swiss Hiking Network – Guidepost – Schlattacher
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
17.8 km
/ 11.1 mi
Elevation gain
567 m
Typical duration
4 hr 39 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
21.0 km
/ 13.1 mi
Elevation gain
569 m
Typical duration
5 hr 25 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
23.4 km
/ 14.5 mi
Elevation gain
548 m
Typical duration
5 hr 57 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
29.5 km
/ 18.3 mi
Elevation gain
921 m
Typical duration
7 hr 58 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
21.0 km
/ 13.0 mi
Elevation gain
387 m
Typical duration
5 hr 8 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJura - Etappe 4

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
26.2 km
/ 16.3 mi
Elevation gain
985 m
Typical duration
7 hr 16 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Expert

Chemin des Trois-Lacs

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
62.4 km
/ 38.8 mi
Elevation gain
564 m
Typical duration
15 hr
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
18.4 km
/ 11.5 mi
Elevation gain
290 m
Typical duration
4 hr 23 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
22.7 km
/ 14.1 mi
Elevation gain
389 m
Typical duration
5 hr 33 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
17.2 km
/ 10.7 mi
Elevation gain
589 m
Typical duration
4 hr 32 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Fribourg · Switzerland

Distance
27.5 km
/ 17.1 mi
Elevation gain
354 m
Typical duration
6 hr 38 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
16.1 km
/ 10.0 mi
Elevation gain
296 m
Typical duration
3 hr 51 min
  • 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
BLS Lötschberger exitting of Fürtentunnel II of Lötschberg-bergstrecke
Hard

01-Lötschberg Panoramaweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
19.4 km
/ 12.0 mi
Elevation gain
1,167 m
Typical duration
5 hr 55 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
13.0 km
/ 8.1 mi
Elevation gain
744 m
Typical duration
3 hr 50 min
  • 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
Expert

Weissenstein – Passwang Weg

Solothurn · Switzerland

Distance
32.0 km
/ 19.9 mi
Elevation gain
993 m
Typical duration
8 hr 40 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Panoramic view (360°) from the Tour de Moron.
Hard

Chemin de Moron

Bern · Switzerland

Distance
15.6 km
/ 9.7 mi
Elevation gain
785 m
Typical duration
4 hr 26 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
European long distance path E4 - part SwitzerlandAargau424 km6,393 m110 hrExpertApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern16.9 km256 m3 hr 58 minHardApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern15.7 km665 m4 hr 18 minHardApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern17.3 km713 m4 hr 44 minHardApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern18.8 km756 m5 hr 9 minHardApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern19.4 km887 m5 hr 31 minHardApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern16.1 km629 m4 hr 19 minHardApril to October
Alpine Panorama TrailFribourg22.1 km382 m5 hr 23 minHardApril to October
Jura Crest TrailBern24.0 km1,288 m7 hr 12 minHardApril to October
Jura Crest TrailBern20.4 km1,228 m6 hr 15 minHardApril to October

European long distance path E4 - part Switzerland, Alpine Panorama Trail, Alpine Panorama 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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