Summit pleasure tour Adelboden-Lenk

A whole day dedicated to enjoyment

Your journey begins at 08.39 hours on public transport from Bern via Thun (9.01 hours) to Lenk, where you take the bus to the valley station, Metschstand, and change to the Stand-Xpress gondola lift. This will take you up to the Metschstand. From there you can enjoy a magnificent panorama of the Wildstrubel massif. From 11.00 hours you can enjoy a starter in the Metschstand mountain restaurant.

Afterwards, the panoramic hike begins past the Caribbean-colored Brenggensee. Continue to the Hahnenmoospass and along the flower trail to Sillerenbühl. On the way along the flower trail, you will get to know the local flora. After approx. 1 hour 45 minutes you reach Sillerenbühl, where you can already have lunch.

Afterwards, you have a choice: either walk another 50 minutes towards Geils, where dessert and coffee await you in the Geilsbrüggli restaurant, or enjoy the Alpine panorama on the Sillerenbühl and treat yourself to dessert and coffee in the Sillerenbühl restaurant.

08.39	from Bern
09.01	from Thun
10.33	to Lenk (Talstation Metschstand)
ca. 11.00	to Stand-Xpress Bergstation
11.00–12.00	appetizer at the Metschstand mountain restaurant
12.00–13.45	hike to Sillerenbühl
13.45–15.00	lunch at restaurant Sillerenbühl*
15.00–16.00	hike to Geils approx. 50 min. (Outdooractive) or by scooter (approx. 10 min.)
16.00–16.45	dessert in the Geilsbrüggli restaurant or in the Sillerenbühl restaurant
17.00	from Geils**
17.25	from Adelboden Post
18.30	from Frutigen
18.58	to Thun
19.22	to Bern

**Bus from Geils, last bus connection from Geils 17.00, included in the Adelboden-Lenk day ticket to Adelboden, Post

*Alternative suggestion from restaurant Sillerenbühl

13.45–15.30	lunch and dessert at restaurant Sillerenbühl (can be decided spontaneously on site)
15.30–16.30	descent by cable car or scooter (hire on site for an extra charge) to the Mittelstation Bergläger or Talstation Sillerenbahn
16.53	from Adelboden, Mineralquelle
17.30	from Frutigen
17.58	to Thun
18.22	to Bern

Hiking route	mountain station Metschstand to restaurant Geilsbrüggli via Sillerenbühl, or only to Sillerenbühl and from there mountain railway
Distance	8,4 km
Duration	2 hours 25 min. or 1 hour 45 min. only to Sillerenbühl
Elevation difference	+ 164 m / - 554 m
Degree of difficulty	medium
Places of interest en route	SkyNest Sillerenbühl

Hiking map

 

• Appetizer:
  Lenker mini raclette with pickles and potatoes
  3dl drink by the glass (excl. alcohol)
• Main course:
  Kandertaler bacon sausage with onion sauce and baked potatoes
  3dl drink by the glass (excl. alcohol)
  Vegetarian option:
  Baked potatoes with sour cream sauce and baked vegetables
• Dessert:
  Homemade fruit tart with cream 
  Coffee

Please note the times for hot meals between 11.30 and 14.30 hours in the restaurants. The starter can be taken from 11.00 hours.

Notes

When booking, you can choose between the vegetarian option and the meat option.
Please note that the menu contains lactose and gluten.

25 June to 12 October 2025, Wednesday to Sunday

No availability on the following dates:
Sunday, 13 July 2025
Saturday, 23 August 2025

If you also want to feel the wind in your hair and relieve your tired hiking legs, you can change to a scooter from Sillerenbühl. After lunch at the Sillerenbühl restaurant, you can hire a scooter there for CHF 18.00, which will take you to Geils after a breezy ride. There you can enjoy dessert at the Geilsbrüggli restaurant before either taking the scooter back to the Sillerenbühl valley station or the bus to «Adelboden, Post».

Travel comfortably by train to Lenk and continue by bus no. 283 in the direction of Simmenfälle (exit Metschbahnen). There you can reach the valley station Stand-Xpress Metsch in 1 minute on foot.

The return journey is either from Geils (bus from Geils to Adelboden, Post, change to bus to Frutigen station) or from Sillerenbühl via Adelboden (Adelboden Mineralquellen).

From Sillerenbühl by cable car or from Geils by bus to Adelboden, Post (included in the cable car ticket) and from there by bus to Frutigen station.