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Hasliberg Panorama Winter Hike • Käserstatt to Mägisalp

Short easy winter hike with mountain views at the Hasliberg ski resort. Can combine with sledding or extend to a longer hike for a full day of activity.

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This short and easy winter hike is a good choice if you need something to do while others in your group are skiing. It takes less than an hour, so you may want to add other activities, like sledding or another winter hike, to fill up the day. We did this hike, then a long lunch, then a second winter hike in the afternoon.

The hike has beautiful panorama views of the Jungfrau region mountains. You don’t need snowshoes because the snow is groomed. The path is easy and suitable for any casual hiker. 

Location:   Berner Oberland Switzerland
Address: Reuti, Hasliberg
Car: Twing gondola parking (46°44’40.6″N 8°11’44.1″E)
45 mins from Lucerne or Interlaken, 1hr20 from Zürich
Train: Hasliberg Wasserwendi, Twing bus stop
1hr15 from Lucerne or Interlaken, 2hr10 from Zürich
   
Trail: 3km, about 55mins
Difficulty: easy, safe, no strollers
Lift type: gondola
Prices 2021: hiking pass CHF 32/adult
Discount for children, SBB GA & Half-fare
Free with Tell Pass
More info: meiringen-hasliberg,ch – webcams – piste map

Location

The Hasliberg ski resort is just east of Interlaken. See on Google Maps. This ski resort is easily accessed by car or public transportation. The winter trails are accessed by gondolas.

Overview of ski resort

Here is the winter map of the Hasliberg resort, showing the winter hiking trails. As you can see the trail starts at the top of the Twing Käserstatt gondola and ends at the top of the Mägisalp gondola. At both ends of the trail, there are restaurants and sled runs. From Mägisalp, you can ride a gondola to the Alpen Tower panorama viewpoint, where there is also a restaurant. We also did a second winter hike starting at Bidmi, as marked on the map.

Trail Map

Here is the trail map for the winter hike from Käserstatt to Mägisalp. The path is groomed snow, so walkable with hiking shoes, no snowshoes needed. At the beginning, there are a couple uphill sections, but most of the trail is downhill and easy walking. Two short sections are on the side of the ski run, which felt a little uncomfortable for us. On these sections, the snow was slick from skiers running over it, so we had to carefully walk on the sides where there was some chunky snow. On an icy day, I would want traction cleats for these parts. It took us about 50 mins to do this hike.

See trail map on KomootSchweiz MobilOutdoorActive

Longer hike: Since this hike was quite short, we did a second winter hike in the afternoon. We rode the gondola down from Mägisalp to Bidmi (you could hike or sled this section instead). Then we hiked down to the Reuti station, about 4.7 km and 90 mins. See details for this hike.

Getting there

This is a one way hike, so you’ll need to use the bus to get back to your starting point. The bus between Reuti and Twing runs at least once an hour, and every 30 mins in the afternoon. Check the bus schedule.

By car: Park at the Twing gondola station (46°44’40.6″N 8°11’44.1″E). Ride the gondola up to reach the hike. At the end of your hike, ride the gondola from Mägisalp down to Reuti. Then ride the bus to Twing.

By public transport: Take a train to Brünig Halisberg (shown below), then bus 158 to Hasliberg Wasserwendi, Twing. Ride the gondola up to reach the hike. At the end of your hike, ride the gondola from Mägisalp down to Reuti. Then ride the bus to the Brünig Hasliberg train station where you can continue to your final destination.

Ticket prices

For this hike, you’ll need a 2-zone winter hiking ticket that includes unlimited use of the Twing-Käserstatt gondola and Reuti-Mägisalp gondola. This includes the bus between Twing and Reuti. In 2022/23, this ticket cost CHF 32/adult, CHF 23/adult with GA or SBB Half-fare, CHF 16/child aged 6-15. Children with a SBB Junior Card or under 6 ride free. See current ticket prices.

If you also want to visit the Alpen Tower at 2250m, you’ll need a 3 zone ticket, which is a bit more expensive. There are no winter hiking trails up there, but it’s nice to visit for the great views and panorama restaurant.

Opening times

Hasliberg is usually open for winter season from mid December to early April, depending on snow conditions. The gondolas that access this trail are open 8:00 – 17:00. Lifts and trails may close due to poor weather or snow conditions. Check the current operating status.

What to wear & bring

For footwear, you should wear waterproof hiking shoes with good traction. You don’t need snowshoes. If you have traction cleats, bring them just in case parts of the trail are icy. I would suggest  bringing hiking sticks for balance. 

You should wear warm layers appropriate to the weather forecast and waterproof outer layers to stay dry in the snow. See also What to pack & wear on a winter hike.

It’s a short hike with restaurants at both ends. So you don’t need to bring a lot of supplies. But I would bring 1L of water/person and snacks.

Photo story of the trail

We took public transportation this day, using our Tell Pass, which covered our journey from Lucerne and our winter hiking pass. We started with the train from Lucerne to the Brünig Hasliberg station shown here. Then we caught the bus to Twing.

Here is the Twing gondola station. You can buy your hiking ticket pass here. We showed our Tell Pass at the ticket counter and they gave us a 3 Zone hiking pass. At the top of the gondola, you’ll see these winter hiking signs. We are hiking direction Mägisalp.

 

Restaurant at Käserstatt, maybe start with a hot chocolate to warm up before you hike.

Starting the trail

Follow pink signs to Mägisalp.

 

The start of the path, great mountain views the whole way.

The pink trail signs with the snowman are for winter hiking.

The trail winds around the mountain. You can see the snow is groomed by a machine, so it’s easy to walk on with regular hiking shoes.

More mountain views.

Sharing the ski trail

For a short section, you walk on the side of the ski trail. The sign indicates a “multiple use” trail. Do not walk in the middle. Skiers and sledders are coming quite fast behind you.

After a couple mins, the walking path leaves the ski trail and splits to right. You’ll join the ski trail briefly again after this corner.

Here the walking path splits to the right. However it was not well marked with a pink sign.

Ending at Mägisalp station

Almost to Mägisalp.

Here is the Mägisalp station. There is an outdoor kiosk and indoor restaurant, WC, sled rental and sport shop.

Lunch at Alpen Tower

After our hike, we rode up the gondola from Mägisalp to Alpen Tower to have lunch at the restaurant with this view. Remember you need the more expensive “3 Zone” hiking pass to ride up to Alpen Tower. It’s a self-service restaurant with standard dishes like sausage, fries, pasta and soup.

After lunch, we rode the gondolas down to Mägisalp, then Bidmi. Then we did a second winter hike down to Reuti (see details here). Or you can just keep riding the gondola down to Reuti, where you can catch the bus back to Twing. Here is the gondola down to Bidmit and Reuti.

Sledding

If you want to sled, you can rent sleds at the Mägisalp station. Then follow the purple sledding signs for the sled path to the Bidmi station. For the first couple minutes, you sled/walk back on the trail you just came here on until you join the sledding path. The people shown here are walking a flat path to join the sledding path in the forest.

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