How many over 20 km hikes are listed in Bern?

31 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 36.4 km with 1,405 m (4,610 ft) of recorded ascent. The longest route in this set is 115 km.

How are the routes ordered?

Via Alpina 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.

Hiking Trails Over 20 km in Bern

The directory currently contains 31 quality-checked routes matching this guide in Bern. Their average mapped distance is 36.4 km and average recorded ascent is 1,405 m (4,610 ft); the longest route in the set is 115 km.

This subset represents 3% of the 1,122 quality-checked routes in Bern. Its average distance is 36.4 km, compared with 3.8 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 1,405 m (4,610 ft), versus 186 m (610 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

Every route in this set is at least 20 km long. Whether it is normally completed in one day or in stages is not inferred from distance alone. Within this set, 0 routes (0%) are rated easy, 31 (100%) are rated hard or expert, and 2 (6%) 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

20.2 km

Via Alpina Red R104

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

531 m

Via Alpina

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

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0 recorded loops

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Expert

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.4 km
Elevation gain: 1,901 m
Typical duration: 7 hr 45 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.1 km
Elevation gain: 531 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 38 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.7 km
Elevation gain: 1,371 m
Typical duration: 7 hr 1 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

Via Alpina Red R104

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 20.2 km
Elevation gain: 1,238 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 13 min

Mountain

Hard

Via Alpina

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.0 km
Elevation gain: 1,032 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 21 min

Mountain
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

Expert

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 29.6 km
Elevation gain: 1,136 m
Typical duration: 8 hr 19 min

Mountain
Waymarked route

Expert

Panorama Rundweg Thunersee

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 60.1 km
Elevation gain: 1,239 m
Typical duration: 15 hr

Mountain
Panoramic viewpoint
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

Expert

Via Sbrinz

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 111 km
Elevation gain: 4,333 m
Typical duration: 32 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Expert

Nidwaldner Höhenweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 93.3 km
Elevation gain: 4,646 m
Typical duration: 28 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Expert

Obwaldner Höhenweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 98.3 km
Elevation gain: 4,088 m
Typical duration: 29 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route
Long-distance path

Expert

Sanetsch-Muveran-Weg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 39.9 km
Elevation gain: 2,521 m
Typical duration: 12 hr

Mountain
Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 23.3 km
Elevation gain: 1,025 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 39 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJacobi

Bern · Switzerland

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

Tour des Alpes Vaudoises Étape 5

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.6 km
Elevation gain: 1,168 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 41 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

Gantrisch Panoramaweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 20.7 km
Elevation gain: 1,063 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 5 min

Mountain
Panoramic viewpoint
Waymarked route

Expert

Tour du Wildhorn

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 58.0 km
Elevation gain: 3,411 m
Typical duration: 18 hr

Mountain

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

Hard

Holzbrückenweg

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 25.5 km
Elevation gain: 278 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 3 min

Waymarked route

Hard

ViaJura - Etappe 5

Bern · Switzerland

Distance: 22.9 km
Elevation gain: 621 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 56 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
Route	Distance	Ascent	Time	Difficulty	Best season
Via AlpinaBern	22.4 km	1,901 m	7 hr 45 min	Expert	July to September
Via AlpinaBern	22.1 km	531 m	5 hr 38 min	Hard	June to October
Via AlpinaBern	22.7 km	1,371 m	7 hr 1 min	Hard	June to October
Via Alpina Red R104Bern	20.2 km	1,238 m	6 hr 13 min	Hard	July to September
Via AlpinaBern	22.0 km	1,032 m	6 hr 21 min	Hard	June 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
ViaJacobiBern	29.6 km	1,136 m	8 hr 19 min	Expert	April to October
Panorama Rundweg ThunerseeBern	60.1 km	1,239 m	15 hr	Expert	April to October
Trans Swiss TrailBern	21.7 km	348 m	5 hr 14 min	Hard	April to October

Via Alpina, Via Alpina, Via Alpina 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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