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On foot · Fribourg Pre-Alps · September 2026

Around the Bäderhorn

A Monday reunion between friends in the Fribourg Pre-Alps. Just one instruction for the day's guide: no scary summits.

Date
September 2026
Summit
Bäderhorn
Break
Grosse Bäder alp
Fireweed and the Pre-Alps

The route · indicative

The route

An explosion of greens

Around the Bäderhorn clockwise, a mint tea at the Grosse Bäder alp, then straight up to the summit cross on steep grassy slopes typical of the area. The final ridge turns out entirely manageable.

Brilliant greens, those distinctive limestone rocks, old galleries cut into the cliff, and a somewhat hazy view of the Bernese Alps and the pretty Jaun pass. A day that does you good and makes you want to come back.

Rocks and forest above the valley
Limestone band above the pasture
Pasture facing the Gastlosen
Ridge to the summit
Gallery cut into the rock
Light at the end of the tunnel
Fireweed and the Pre-Alps