Hiking in Switzerland

Does anyone have any recommendations for hikes? I will be in Switzerland in April and have about a week and a half. I am looking for hikes that require more than a couple of days to finish. Also, if anyone will be in the area and is looking to hike I am considering finding someone to hike with.

April is early for hiking in Switzerland, as usually there is still snow on the trails. Some ideas are here:
http://www.wandersite.ch/def_english.html

The actual descriptions of the hikes are in German only, if you don't read it, click on the link in the lower right corner to get some more ideas in English.

As someone who does quite a lot of mountain walking, I strongly recommend that you buy a walking guidebook to the part of Switzerland that interests you. With the best will in the world, nobody is going to sit at their PC and type up the amount of detail that you need, especially if you're contemplating hiking in the Alps.

In April weather in Switzerland can still be cold, even snowfall is no exception - and accommodation is not easy to find, especially in the mountains..
But if you do hike through the villages, several treks could be possible - just ask the tourist office before you start.

5 days: Trail around Thunersee (Bernese Oberland): http://www.wandersite.ch/Thunersee.html
24 days: Thurgau hiking round trail: http://www.thurgau-tourismus.ch/en/navpage.cfm?category=HikeTG&subcat=ThurgauCircularTG&
19 days: Swiss Way of St. James: http://www.jakobsweg.ch/de/schweizer-jakobsweg.html

Grindelwald near Interlaken is a fabulous place for hiking and the scenery is breathtaking. I agree with the others that April may be a bit early in the season. There are so many trails to hike you could easily spend a week or more there with many different hiking levels to take in all directions from the town.

They are mostly day walks though which given the time of year may not be a bad thing. Take a look at: http://www.jungfraubahn.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-79/

There are about 20 different walks listed here (Mostly much shorter though)

Grindelwald is at the base of some famous mountains including the Eiger, some over 10,000 feet.

Enjoy.

Hi,

here are some links you can check:

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/interests/hiking

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/interests/family/offer-Activities_Excursions-FamNature-18198.html

http://www.ticino.ch/viviTicino/itinerari.jsp?menuId=_5400

Olafina

Thanks to everyone for posting. I'll check out the links. Happy Travels

Hey,

If you want to hike during one week try the Swiss alpina Route from Meiringen to Adelboden
Visite this site in English http://h2h.eurohiker.net/section_c.shtml
I already made it ( in August) and it is wonderfull.

Bye,
Lionel

Hi there..
I would be REALLY appreciative if there is anybody out there who can find/sell/locate a copy of the 2001 edition of 'Walking in Switzerland', Lonely Planet Guide by Clem Lindenmayer for me - it seems they are hard to find and I SOOOOOOOOOOO need one as I am planning a trip to hike several areas in August/September.

Any hints/tips or secret/special spots would be very much welcomed - MANY THANKS!!

#8. A walking guidebook that is now 8 years old runs the risk of being seriously out of date on essential details. I certainly wouldn't use one that old unless I was absolutely certain that it was still bang up to date and I assume that you're not viewing it as a collector's item. Route accessibility is subject to change, as are sleeping/eating details.

Cicerone Press has excellent walking guides although I'm not familiar with their Switzerland titles.

Thanks Tony - it's just that I have read so many rave reviews about the book. Guess there's been no update as Clem died in China in 2007, tragically.
Thanks for the link - any other insights into Switzerland - special spots, away from the rat race?