Geopath Wiriehorn
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Intermediate
3h30min
9188m
Loop
+622m
-621m
Description
The Geopath leads around the Wiriehorn and shows the formation history of this landscape. It imparts interesting facts about mountain and valley, ...
"Look from mountain and valley..." What evokes feelings of home in us Diemtigtalers has been shaped, moved, layered, and eroded again over millions of years. How does a sea become a cultural landscape with grazing cows? How does the Wiriehorn get its typical shape? Whose traces of earlier times are still recognizable in the terrain today?
The rock of the Wiriehorn is very old, formed around 240 million years ago. At that time, dinosaurs also lived on our planet. Around 240 million years ago, large areas were extensively covered by a sea. Dead plants, shells, and scales settled on the sea floor. They mixed with minerals, solidified, and turned to stone. Later – during the formation of the Alps – the rock was uplifted and moved here. Today it forms the summit of the Wiriehorn.
More exciting questions and answers await you on the Geopath around the Wiriehorn.
Transport
Motorway A6 Bern direction Zweisimmen, turn left 1 km after the Simmenfluhtunnel towards Diemtigtal. Follow the Diemtigtal road uphill for 13 km. 200 m before the Seebergsee (Zwischenflüh) junction, turn left over the bridge (signposts Enetchirel / Entschwil). Take the first turn right and follow the signs "Berghotel Wiriehorn" or "Bergrestaurant Schwarzenberg" for 5 km.
**Alternative with chairlift**
Motorway A6 Bern direction Zweisimmen, turn left 1 km after the Simmenfluhtunnel towards Diemtigtal. Follow the Diemtigtal road uphill for 11 km to the Wiriehorn valley station. From here, the chairlift of Wiriehornbahnen takes you up to the Nüegg mountain station (observe operating times: [www.wiriehorn.ch](https://www.wiriehorn.ch)).