On historic paths to the Susten pass summit

From the station or the post office in Innertkirchen, walk past the church and turn onto the winding little road. Shortly before Wiler, cut across a road loop and turn onto the old pass road running on the shady side of the Gadmer valley. Impressive is the view back to the peaks of the Engelhörner and to the mountains of the Gauligebiet. In the meadow area of Schwendi, the road becomes a path. On the opposite valley side, at the mouth of the Gental into the Gadmerwasser, lies Milital, which in ancient times had a smelting furnace. After the group of houses of Hopflouenen, the path follows the reservoir through charming meadowland to the bridge over the Gadmerwasser at Schwendi. For a short time, you now switch to the other valley side and pass Nessental to reach Milistalden. The little road again goes down into the valley floor. To the south, the firn fields of the Trift gleam. For a longer time, you now follow the Triftwasser. Between Kappeli and Schaftelen, the road overcomes a valley step with tight switchbacks, where white marble was once quarried, and leads past Furen to the junction towards Gadmen (10 min to Gadmen/village). A detour to the beautiful mountain village at the foot of the Gadmerflue is highly recommended. Mighty over the Wendental soar Reissend Nollen, Titlis, Grassen, and Fünffingerstöcke. In Sageli begins the most beautiful but also steepest part of the pass route: In unique mountain landscape with wild mountain waters, you can follow the traces of the old pass road away from all traffic and also gain insight into the techniques of the old road builders. Past the huts of Wyssenmad you go to the scenic height of Steinweng. A slab path leads through a marshy raised bog landscape to the mountaineering center Steingletscher with its own alpine cheese dairy and the excellently laid-out Steinalp glacier trail (to Tierberglihütte SAC 2h45). The ascent to the Susten pass summit means increasingly deeper immersion into the mountain world at the Susten pass: From the firn peaks of the Susten- and Gwächtenhors, the Tierberg, and the Giglistock, the ice streams fall to the high hollow of the Steinalp, where the main arm of the Steingletscher ends just behind the Steinsee.