Aare Gorge
A narrow chasm the Aare has cut through a limestone ridge near Meiringen, carved by meltwater as the last Ice Age ended. Walkways run for about 2 kilometres between cliffs up to 50 metres high, and at its tightest the gorge is only a metre wide.
- Where
- Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 46.7178, 8.2136
Get the Aare Gorge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Aare Gorge. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bern volume with your photos and a note.
Near Aare Gorge
Reichenbach Falls 2.4 km
A waterfall dropping 250 metres above Meiringen, reached by an old funicular. Arthur Conan Doyle chose its upper fall for the struggle between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem.
Ballenberg Open-Air Museum 10 km
A spread of more than 100 old farmhouses, barns and workshops that were taken apart across Switzerland and rebuilt here near Brienz. Walking its paths is like crossing the country's regions in an afternoon, from timber chalets to stone houses.
First 14 km
A minor summit on the slopes of the Schwarzhorn, best known as the top station of the cable car from Grindelwald. It is the start of easy walks to the Bachalpsee and the end of the long ridge hike from Schynige Platte over the Faulhorn.
Bachalpsee 16 km
A small mountain lake at 2,265 metres, about an hour's walk from the First cable car above Grindelwald. A natural dam splits it in two, and on a still day the higher part mirrors the Schreckhorn and the Wetterhorn behind it.
Titlis 18 km
A 3,238 metre glacier mountain above Engelberg, the highest summit of the range north of the Susten Pass. It was the site of the world's first rotating cable car, which carries visitors up to the summit station and its snowfields.
Rhone Glacier 18 km
The source of the river Rhône, at the far eastern end of the Valais and reached by the Furka Pass road. It can be visited only in summer, from the solstice to the equinox, when an ice grotto is cut into its flank.
Engelberg Abbey 19 km
A Benedictine monastery dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels, standing at the head of the valley in the mountain resort of Engelberg. The village grew up around it and takes its name, angel mountain, from the abbey.
Lake Brienz 20 km
A deep, green-blue lake about 14 kilometres long just north of the Alps, fed by the Aare at its eastern end and by streams falling from steep forested slopes. Interlaken sits at its western tip, and paddle steamers cross to the woodcarving village of Brienz.
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Questions
Where is Aare Gorge?
Aare Gorge is in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Reichenbach Falls (2.4 km), Ballenberg Open-Air Museum (10 km), First (14 km).
How do I get the Aare Gorge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Aare Gorge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bern volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Aare Gorge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bern volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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