Around the Schrattenfluh

52.13 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: difficult
Condition: difficult
Great panorama
Tour
  • 5:00 h
  • 52.13 km
  • 1,745 m
  • 1,745 m
  • 882 m
  • 1,527 m
  • 645 m
  • Start: Sörenberg post office
  • Destination: Sörenberg post office
A round tour of the striking Schrattenfluh with steep climbs and some great single trails!

Highlights: Crossing the Hilfere Pass and a tasty meringue with cream at Kemmeriboden Bad

 

Note(s)

Key points:

  • Dismount Birkenhof
  • Junkholz approx. 150 m
  • Watch out for the Hilferehüttli junction (slow down on the descent!)

 

Tips: Kneipp installation at Schwandalpweiher, Flühli

 

Food/drink:

  • Restaurants in Sörenberg
  • Hotel Kemmeriboden Bad
  • Restaurants in Flühli

Waypoints

Start
Sörenberg post office
© Yannick Röösli, UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch
Destination
Sörenberg post office

Good to know

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Sörenberg - Birkenhof - Junkholz - Steibödili - Bunishus - Flühli - Hilferepass - Hilferehüttli - waterfall - Buhütte - Hürndli - Steiwang - Imbrig - Wittenfähren - Unter Lochsitli - Bumbach - Kemmeriboden - Schönisei - Chüblisbüel - Schneeberg - Salwideli - Südelhöchi - Sörenberg

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Wear the right protective equipment, assess your ability correctly, give way to hikers, stay on the trail and close pasture fences! Follow the Central Switzerland Bike Code - that way you'll stay safe on your mountain bike!

Directions & Parking facilities

The UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch is located in the heart of Switzerland, centrally between Bern and Lucerne. You can reach Sörenberg via the main road 10 in the direction of Schüpfheim and from there to Flühli Sörenberg. From Giswil take the Panoramastrasse / Glaubenbielenpass to Sörenberg.

Plan your route with the help of the Google route planner.

A paid parking lot is available at the Ochsenweid.

You can reach Sörenberg by public transport via Schüpfheim (Bern-Lucerne railroad line). From Schüpfheim, take the Postbus to Sörenberg "Camping".

Plan your journey with the SBB online timetable.

Additional information

UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch
Biosphere Center
Chlosterbüel 28
CH-6170 Schüpfheim
Tel. +41 41 485 88 50
www.biosphaere.ch

Literature

You can find the "Bike-Guide" brochure in the brochure store at www.biosphaere.ch/broschueren

Author

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

Organization

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

License (master data)

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch
License: Attribution

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

You have definitely earned a large portion of Merängge at the Landgasthof Kemmeriboden-Bad before the final ascent begins.

Safety guidelines

Critical points:

  • Footpath Birkenhof - Junkholz approx. 150 m
  • Do not miss the Hilferehüttli turn-off (adjust your downhill speed!)
  • Steep passage between Steiwang and Imbrig

Wear the correct protective equipment, assess your ability correctly, give way to hikers, stay on the trail and close pasture fences! Follow the Central Switzerland Bike Code - that way you'll stay safe on your mountain bike!

Nearby

Address

Around the Schrattenfluh
6174 Sörenberg