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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–21 °C (55–70 °F)
- J1°-7°105
- F3°-6°94
- M6°-3°114
- A9°1°107
- M14°5°155
- J18°8°164
- J21°11°174
- A21°11°172
- S17°8°125
- O13°4°106
- N6°-2°108
- D2°-6°120
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 51 km · 32 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 50 km · 31 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Lötschberg (mountain, 2,690 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Bernese Alps In The Wide Meaning (Bernese Alps › Northwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.7 km NE of Kandergrund (Frutigen-Niedersimmental District, Bern) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Bern
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 56
- Operator (OSM)
- Wanderland Schweiz
- From / to
- Kiental → Fafleralp
- Route centre
- 46.5032, 7.7607
- Route start
- 46.5863, 7.7248
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19723067
- Official info
- wanderland.ch/de/wanderland/route-56
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.