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Aare Gorge.Photo: Jochen Ihle, CC BY-SA, Tourenplaner SCHWEIZ
The Aare Gorge is one of the most popular excursion destinations in the Bernese Oberland. You can combine the walk through the gorge with a hike to the Reichenbachfall. Actually, there are three waterfalls where the Reichenbach rushes down. The most impressive is the upper one, about 120 meters high. The Reichenbachfall became famous in literary history through Arthur Conan Doyle: He relocated the fictional end of his character Sherlock Holmes to Meiringen and had the master detective fall to his death here. With the historic Reichenbachfall Railway, you ascend to the mountain station with the best view of the waterfall and the star-marked site of the (fictional) fight between Holmes and his adversary Moriarty. Along the splashing water, you climb up, cross the fall below Zwirgi, and follow the trail via Geissholz towards Innertkirchen to the east entrance of the Aare Gorge. Over walkways and through tunnels, you cross the 1400-meter-long gorge, exit again at the west entrance, and
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The «Tourenplaner Schweiz» is a product of the magazine «Wandermagazin Schweiz». The magazine is published eight times a year. We take our readers to new regions, show the pearls of Switzerland, and tell stories about the land and people. In each issue, you will find hiking tips, reports, photo series, recipes, product information, and the latest news from the hiking world. The current issue is available at kiosks and from the publisher.
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Jochen Ihle
Jochen Ihle (born 1962) is the editor-in-chief of the hiking magazine SCHWEIZ. He spends his working life in the mountains year-round and is the author of numerous hiking guidebooks.
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