The 170-m-long rope suspension bridge crosses the lake at the bottom of the Trift glacier at a height of 100 m, and makes the mountain hut accessible in three hours. Also a record-holder, the world's steepest funicular travels at a gradient of 160 % from Handeck (Grimsel) to Lake Gelmer up above.
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A little bit of Nepal in Switzerland, this spectacular rope suspension
bridge takes intrepid hikers across the Trift valley to the mountain
hut on the other side.
Where to go
- Brienz: Swiss Open-air Museum Ballenberg
- Grimsel Pass: Old mule-track
- Gerstenegg: Crystal crevasse
- Meiringen: Aare Gorge
- Meiringen: Sherlock Museum
Where to stay
- Innertkirchen: Windegg- und Trifthütte SAC
- Meiringen: Hotel Alpbach
- Rosenlaui: Hotel Rosenlaui
- Typical Swiss Hotels
Where to eat
- Innertkirchen: Landgasthof Tännler
- Guttannen: Gelmerhütte SAC
- Guttannen: Hotel Bären
