©  (c) Nicolas Heger / Tourisme Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg
©  (c) Nicolas Heger / Tourisme Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg
©  (c) Nicolas Heger / Tourisme Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg
©  (c) Nicolas Heger / Tourisme Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg
©  (c) Nicolas Heger / Tourisme Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg
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Circular trail to the Engstligenfalls

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This easy-to-walk path leads from the valley station Unter dem Birg to the lower Engstligenfall, the famous natural spectacle of Adelboden.

  • Difficulty easy
  • Duration 35 min
  • Distance 1,9 km
  • 113 m
  • 112 m
Tags
  • Round trip

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Update: 19.10.2025

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At the bus stop “Chäli” – directly in front of the bridge – the hiking trail goes into the forest. Following the Engstlige and passing the Chälistone, you reach the impressive descending lower Engstligenfall. Back in the forest, you pass a fire pit and then reach the Bergbach restaurant and the valley station of the aerial cableway. Along the parking lot, you return to your starting point.

  • Approach

    From Bern follow the A6 motorway towards Thun/Interlaken. Take the "Spiez" exit and continue towards Frutigen and Adelboden. Take the second exit at the roundabout at the town entrance and continue to Unter dem Birg.

  • Take the train to Frutigen, then continue by bus to the stop Adelboden, Unter dem Birg (change in Adelboden, Oey).

  • There are sufficient free parking spaces in Unter dem Birg. The cable car station and the hiking trails to the waterfall and the Engstligenalp are in the immediate vicinity.

  • Chäli - Engstligenfall - Chäli

    The hiking trail is closed from Monday, October 20, 2025, due to ice, rockfall, and avalanche danger because of the winter closure.

  • Walking is at your own risk: Tourism Adelboden-Lenk-Kandersteg assumes no liability for the use of local routes.
  • T1 – Hiking

    Path/Terrain

    Path well prepared. Where present, exposed sections are very well secured. Danger of falling can be largely excluded with normal behavior.

    Requirements

    None, also suitable with sneakers. Orientation is easy, usually possible also without a map. (Source: SAC hiking scale)

  • The waterfall circular hiking trail can also be discovered as the digital themed path "Water Path - Trail 1 Waterfall Circular Trail" from mid-June: SmarTrail
  • "Safe on the way in mountain and alpine hiking – 10 recommendations" (Swiss Alpine Club SAC)

    SAC technical scale

    SLF snow map

    MeteoSwiss

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Maximum altitude 1509 M
Minimum altitude 1397 M