How many hard hikes are listed near Burgdorf?

39 routes currently meet both this guide’s filter and the directory quality gate. Each submitted route has a traceable source, mapped geometry and sampled elevation data.

What is the average distance and ascent?

The average mapped distance is 32.8 km with 839 m (2,753 ft) of recorded ascent. The longest route in this set is 424 km.

How are the routes ordered?

European long distance path E4 - part Switzerland currently ranks first. Ordering uses the directory score and route-data completeness; it is not a claim that editors have field-tested every route.

Does an easy rating mean beginner-safe?

No route in this set is currently rated easy. In every category, verify surface, exposure, access and current conditions independently.

Hard Hiking Trails near Burgdorf

The directory currently contains 39 quality-checked routes matching this guide near Burgdorf. Their average mapped distance is 32.8 km and average recorded ascent is 839 m (2,753 ft); the longest route in the set is 424 km.

This subset represents 27% of the 146 quality-checked routes near Burgdorf. Its average distance is 32.8 km, compared with 12.4 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 839 m (2,753 ft), versus 354 m (1,161 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, 39 (100%) are rated hard or expert, and 2 (5%) 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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How do these routes differ?

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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0 recorded loops

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Expert

European long distance path E4 - part Switzerland

Aargau · Switzerland

Distance: 424 km
Elevation gain: 6,393 m
Typical duration: 110 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 16.9 km
Elevation gain: 256 m
Typical duration: 3 hr 58 min

Mountain
Alpine meadow
Panoramic viewpoint

Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 17.3 km
Elevation gain: 713 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 44 min

Alpine meadow
Panoramic viewpoint
Waymarked route

Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 15.7 km
Elevation gain: 665 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 18 min

Alpine meadow
Panoramic viewpoint
Waymarked route

Hard

Alpine Panorama Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 18.8 km
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
Elevation gain: 887 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 31 min

Alpine meadow
Panoramic viewpoint
Waymarked route

Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 24.0 km
Elevation gain: 1,288 m
Typical duration: 7 hr 12 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 20.4 km
Elevation gain: 1,228 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 15 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 21.7 km
Elevation gain: 348 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 14 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Expert

Grenzpfad Napfbergland

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 115 km
Elevation gain: 3,219 m
Typical duration: 31 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Hard

Jura Crest Trail

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance: 21.0 km
Elevation gain: 816 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 47 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 19.1 km
Elevation gain: 467 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 48 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 21.9 km
Elevation gain: 393 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 21 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 17.8 km
Elevation gain: 567 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 39 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 23.4 km
Elevation gain: 548 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 57 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 29.5 km
Elevation gain: 921 m
Typical duration: 7 hr 58 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 21.0 km
Elevation gain: 569 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 25 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 21.0 km
Elevation gain: 387 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 8 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJura - Etappe 4

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 26.2 km
Elevation gain: 985 m
Typical duration: 7 hr 16 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Chemin du Jura bernois - Etappe 1

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 17.0 km
Elevation gain: 503 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 21 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.7 km
Elevation gain: 389 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 33 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 16.1 km
Elevation gain: 296 m
Typical duration: 3 hr 51 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Trans Swiss Trail

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 13.0 km
Elevation gain: 744 m
Typical duration: 3 hr 50 min

Waymarked route

Expert

Weissenstein – Passwang Weg

Solothurn · Switzerland

Distance: 32.0 km
Elevation gain: 993 m
Typical duration: 8 hr 40 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Chemin de Moron

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 15.6 km
Elevation gain: 785 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 26 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

2. Solothurner Waldwanderung

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance: 17.9 km
Elevation gain: 978 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 17 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 4

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 16.7 km
Elevation gain: 727 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 38 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaSurprise - Etappe 3

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance: 17.3 km
Elevation gain: 718 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 45 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaSurprise - Etappe 4

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance: 16.8 km
Elevation gain: 689 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 35 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Emmenuferweg - Etappe 2

Lucerne · Switzerland

Distance: 18.6 km
Elevation gain: 123 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 10 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaSurprise - Etappe 2

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance: 12.4 km
Elevation gain: 721 m
Typical duration: 3 hr 40 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 11

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 19.8 km
Elevation gain: 246 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 39 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 6

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 19.5 km
Elevation gain: 218 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 31 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaBerna Etappe 7

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 24.3 km
Elevation gain: 583 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 13 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Seeland-Solothurn-Weg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 18.3 km
Elevation gain: 112 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 5 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Seeland-Solothurn-Weg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 20.9 km
Elevation gain: 229 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 52 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaGottardo

Aargau · Switzerland

Distance: 25.7 km
Elevation gain: 568 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 32 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Tüfelschlucht-Belchen-Weg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance: 16.6 km
Elevation gain: 806 m
Typical duration: 4 hr 42 min

Waymarked route

Hard

Schwarzwasser Sense Schluchtenweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 23.0 km
Elevation gain: 878 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 21 min

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
Route	Distance	Ascent	Time	Difficulty	Best season
European long distance path E4 - part SwitzerlandAargau	424 km	6,393 m	110 hr	Expert	April to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern	16.9 km	256 m	3 hr 58 min	Hard	April to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern	17.3 km	713 m	4 hr 44 min	Hard	April to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern	15.7 km	665 m	4 hr 18 min	Hard	April to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern	18.8 km	756 m	5 hr 9 min	Hard	April to October
Alpine Panorama TrailBern	19.4 km	887 m	5 hr 31 min	Hard	April to October
Jura Crest TrailBern	24.0 km	1,288 m	7 hr 12 min	Hard	April to October
Jura Crest TrailBern	20.4 km	1,228 m	6 hr 15 min	Hard	April to October
Trans Swiss TrailBern	21.7 km	348 m	5 hr 14 min	Hard	April to October
Grenzpfad NapfberglandBern	115 km	3,219 m	31 hr	Expert	June 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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