A guidebook to walking the Tour of the Jungfrau Region between Schynige Platte and Wilderswil. Covering 111km (69 miles), this long-distance trek through Switzerland's Bernese Oberland takes around 10 days and is suitable for trekkers with some Alpine experience.

The route is described clockwise in 10 stages, each between 12 and 32km (7?22 miles) in length. A number of high- and low-level route alternatives are included allowing you to select the itinerary that suits you.

• Sketch maps are included for each stage
• Detailed information on accommodation, refreshments and facilities along the route
• Advice on planning and preparation
• Highlights include views of the Wetterhorn and Eiger

A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drives Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year among various high mountain regions researching guidebooks, makes him The Man with the World's Best Job; a title he aims to keep by remaining active for another 100 years at least. Kev has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone since the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal, and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds and he has several more books in the pipeline. His latest book, A Walk in the Clouds, is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He is also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide Trekking in the Himalaya. A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also writes and illustrates brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lives with his wife in a small cottage among what he calls 'the Kentish Alps', with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travels throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he writes about through a series of lectures.

This guidebook describes a 111km circuit amid some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in all the Swiss Alps. The Tour of the Jungfrau Region is described as a clockwise hut-to-hut circuit, beginning at Schynige Platte and ending at Wilderswil, broken into 10 stages (with a number of high and low- level alternatives offered). The route is suitable for hikers with some alpine experience. The 111km trek takes you in a horseshoe loop through the Bernese Oberland's most spectacular mountain scenery, in the shadow of such iconic peaks as Wetterhorn, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. In a journey of 9 to 10 days the Tour visits pastures, ridges, summits and passes, skirts exquisite mountain lakes and gazes on waterfalls, gorges and glaciers. The guide contains all the information needed, including a trek planner, maps and profiles. On practically every stage modestly priced dormitories are available and, as meals are provided everywhere, walkers can trek unencumbered by heavy rucksacks.

Map/profile key Mountain safety Location map Overview map Preface to the third edition Introduction The route Accommodation Suggested itineraries How to get there When to go Language Notes for walkers Equipment Recommended maps Safety in the mountains Wildlife and alpine flowers Using the guide Tour of the Jungfrau Region Part 1 Schynige Platte to Stechelberg Stage 1 Schynige Platte to First Stage 2 First to Hotel Wetterhorn Alternative Stage 2: First to Hotel Wetterhorn? via the Gleckstein Hut Stage 3 Hotel Wetterhorn to Alpiglen Alternative Stage 3: Hotel Wetterhorn to Berghaus Bregg Stage 4 Alpiglen to Kleine Scheidegg/Grindelwaldblick Stage 5 Kleine Scheidegg/Grindelwaldblick to Stechelberg Part 2 Stechelberg to Wilderswil Stage 6 Stechelberg to Obersteinberg Alternative Stage 6: Stechelberg to Obersteinberg (direct route) Stage 7 Obersteinberg to the Rotstock Hut Stage 8 Rotstock Hut to the Blumental Stage 9 Blumental to the Suls-Lobhorn Hut Stage 10 Suls-Lobhorn Hut to Wilderswil Appendix A Useful contacts Appendix B Accommodation directory Appendix C Language primer Appendix D Bibliography