On foot · Vaud Alps · August 2026
Leysin, the Berneuse and Kuklos
Nothing very thrilling to report, but no reason to sulk: eight hundred metres of climbing, a spritz at Kuklos and the gondola down.
- Date
- August 2026
- Distance
- 9.9 km
- Elevation gain
- 831 m
- Walking time
- 2 h 44 min
The route · indicative
The route
The Tours d'Aï in sight
The climb to the Berneuse follows the road too often for trail lovers like us; we understand why everyone does the reverse and walks down. But up top, the Tours d'Aï, the little lake at the foot of the cliffs and the stone chalets save the day.
A paraglider floats above Lake Geneva, a lone tree poses before the peaks. Next year we'll start from the top of the gondola instead, towards the Tours d'Aï, in search of narrow paths and wild mountain.
