High Altitude Cappuccino

🗺️ Overview Starting point: Jaun lift parking (1,030 m) Highest point: Gastlosen ridge (1,940 m) Total elevation gain: ~910 m Total distance: ~14 km Total time: 5 h (from the valley) / 3.5 h (using the lift) Technical difficulty: T2–T3 (short exposed sections, one chain-assisted passage) Download GPS file The Gastlosen tour is a classic in the Fribourg region that can be done in many different ways. Starting in Jaun, the only German-speaking commune in the Gruyère district, you hike around the impressive rock ridge of the Gastlosen. You can do this hike either by taking the lift or by starting all the way from the valley floor. It took me about 5 hours from the bottom, including lunch. Starting from the lift would reduce the hike to around 3.5 hours. In this post, I will focus on the longer version. I started the hike at the lift parking (1,030 m), where a gravel road passes the station and continues toward Jaun. After a while, it becomes paved. About 10 minutes later, you reach...

🗺️  Overview Starting point: Parking of La Berra ski resort (≈1040 m) Highest point: Chalet La Berra (≈1640 m) — optional summit at 1719 m Total elevation gain: ~600 m Total distance: ~4.6 km Total time: ~2h10 Technical difficulty: Easy–Moderate (snowshoe) Download GPS file Somehow I always end up going to La Berra in winter. Located in one of the last French-speaking towns of Fribourg, La Berra is a cute little ski resort with about 20 km of ski slopes and 18 km of snowshoe trails. The hike I did starts from the very end of the parking lot of the ski resort (1040 m), where a pink start flag marks the entrance. N.B.: The path didn’t exist in my app, so the GPS file isn’t exact, even though the trail isn’t far off. From the very beginning, the route dives directly into the forest and is well marked. The least well-marked point is actually near the start, by a small iron bridge with lots of tracks leading to it. The marked path is not there—just go straigh...

Here one more forgotten hikes post. This time in canton Fribourg! Gastlosen, Fribourg, Switzerland Start point :  Bärghaus Gastlösen, 1550m Destination : Loop to the start Highest point : Wolfs Ort, 1915m Distance : ~11 km loop Elevation gain : ~610 m Time : ~3h Difficulty : Moderate This hike starts and finishes at Bärghaus Gastlösen (1550m). Just on the language border Jaun is the only german-speaking Gruyère commune. It features a very cool waterfall visible from the village. Short after the village you'll find the parking where you can take the chairlift up to the Berghaus. From there the aim of the hike is to go around the Gastlösen ridge. First going to Chalet du Soldat then up to Wolfs Ort pass (highest point of the hike at 1915m) and then continuing around on the other side back to the starting point.  The hike is about 10km and with a few ups and downs it totals around 600m in elevation and can be done in about 3h.  Dent de Lys (2014m), Fribourg, Switzerland...