Starting in Interlaken, the first kilometers led along the river of Aare and then along the southeast shore of the lake of Brienz (Aare-Route and Seen-Route), partly asphalt road and partly gravel path, but good to ride with my touring bike. At the lake the route already showed the first rising stages.
Shortly before leaving the lake of Brienz, the route passeed directly the Grießbach waterfalls, a cascade of several waterfalls one above the other. You can walk behind one of the cascades, very impressive! Close to the waterfall, the path led up a couple of stairs. I had to remove the bags and carry the bike and the bags one after the other up the stairs. After leaving the lake of Brienz the route lead to Meiringen, where the Grimsel road begins. Again the river of Aare accompanies the road (Aare-Route).
Close to Meiringen the next highlight: the Aare-Canyon! Don’t miss to visit it, absolutely beautiful! It took me about 30 minutes to walk from the east entrance to the other end of the canyon (west entrance). There you can take a train back, but I decided to walk back. At all I was back to my bike after a bit more than one hour.
I arrived at Guttannen in the early afternoon, a little bit to early for the hotel. Very nice: there is a little 24h/7days village store in Guttannen, no staff but self-service, you take all goods by yourself, weigh it, scan it, pay with card, you can even brew a coffee at the coffee machine.
