The best road cycling routes around Boltigen

Beautiful climb from Gsteig. Mild gradients, hairpin bends, and little traffic (September). At the top is the cable car towards Glacier 3000.

Here you can cross the Simme river in the direction of St. Stephan train station or the airfield. When there is flight activity, the view of the tarmac from here is very impressive.

There's something going on. Just be careful that no one runs over your toes with their rolling suitcase. Those things are big. ;-)

Great starting point for hikes and MTB tours.

A good place to end a tour.

Gstaad is located at 1,050 m in the Saanenland region and combines alpine authenticity with stylish charm. Known as an exclusive holiday resort, it is also an ideal starting point for hikes, bike tours, and high-altitude tours in the surrounding area. Highlights: ✅ Access to Geltenhütte, Lauenensee, Wispile, Wildhorn, Sanetschpass, and many more. ✅ Hiking trails & bike routes for all levels – from panoramic paths to alpine challenges. ✅ Charming village center with traditional chalets, boutiques & cafés 🏘️☕ ✅ Perfect base for multi-day tours into the Obersimmental, Wallis, or Freiburgerland. Special Tips: 🔹 Hike or bike to Lauenensee. 🔹 Ascent to the Geltenhütte SAC and continue to Wildhorn. 🔹 Panoramic tour to Wispile – also accessible by cable car. 🔹 Discover cheese and chalet culture 🧀🏡 Recommendation: Summer: Hiking, biking, and nature paradise 🌞 Winter: Cross-country ski trails, ski tours, snowshoeing ❄️ Getting there: By train via Montreux or Zweisimmen, by car via the Simmental.

Awesome - and with a section so steep that you have to dodge the trekking cyclists pushing the bike.

World premiere on the panoramic route since December 2022 The "GoldenPass Express", which has been in operation since December 2022, is a link between the Vaud Riviera and the Bernese Oberland. It enables a fascinating journey without changing trains between Montreux, Gstaad and Interlaken. In 3 hours and 15 minutes, an entire country passes by in all its diversity. It is no coincidence that the first panoramic carriages in Switzerland circulated on this route forty years ago: the journey from Zweisimmen via Gstaad, the Saanenland, the Vaud Pays d'Enhaut and through the vineyards down to Montreux on Lake Geneva - or vice versa - is one of the most attractive in Switzerland and offers fantastic postcard views. Until now, Zweisimmen was the hub. Anyone travelling from Bern or Interlaken and wanting to take the Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB) train on the famous panoramic route to Lake Geneva had to change at the foot of the Rinderberg. The BLS runs on a standard gauge of 1,435 metres as far as Zweisimmen; the route through the Saanenland and the Vaud Pays d’Enhaut to Montreux with the MOB, on the other hand, is a metre gauge. With the “GoldenPass Express”, an age-old vision becomes reality: the stress of changing trains in Zweisimmen is eliminated – an important relief for individual and group travellers who experience the “GoldenPass route” as the highlight of their tour through Switzerland. In Zweisimmen, travellers remain seated in the comfortable carriages of the second, first or prestige class while a spectacular technical process takes place beneath the train. Thanks to a technology designed by MOB and further developed by Alstom, the car body is raised from 350 to 550 millimeters. And the track width of the bogies is reduced from 1.435 meters to one meter. Other companies have also equipped their trains with variable bogies, such as the Spanish Talgo. However, the bogie of the "GoldenPass Express" is the only one with such a strong reduction or widening of the track. Text / Source: Basler Zeitung / cp.bazonline.ch https://cp.bazonline.ch/de/stories/9446-weltpremiere-auf-der-panoramastrecke