On foot · Kandersteg, Bern · May 2020
Oeschinensee, at last
The day after the Pointe de Cray, having struck camp, off to Kandersteg and the Oeschinensee that Emmanuelle had long dreamed of. 16 kilometres, 1,400 metres of climbing and dizzyingly panoramic paths.
- Date
- May 2020
- Distance
- 16 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,400 m
The route · indicative
The climb
Towards the lake
A footbridge over the stream, then the path climbs through the forest and up the slopes, facing the Oberland peaks still heavy with snow.
And then the lake appears between the fir trees, a milky blue-green, at the foot of huge rock walls. Not disappointed, by its colour or by anything else.
The panoramic trail
The lake from above
The path then climbs above the shore, on trails cut into the slope, dizzying and panoramic, with the lake shrinking below.
Forget-me-nots between the stones, pink catchfly in a crack in the rock, a dark peak above the forest on the way back: 16 kilometres and 1,400 metres for a dream come true.
