Hiking
In the Gruyère pays-d'Enhaut Regional Nature Park
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Explore the Park
The Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut Regional Nature Park is crossed by a multitude of marked trails, all integrated into the SwitzerlandMobility network. These routes lead through preserved landscapes, inhabited villages, and natural environments of great richness.
Among all the available routes, the Park highlights several thematic hikes, offering diverse experiences rooted in the territory:
- The Grand Tour des Vanils: a demanding itinerary for experienced hikers, offering the most breathtaking panoramas of the Park.
- The Cheese Trails: paths that connect heritage, alpine chalets, and living traditions.
- The 3 Parks Hike: an interregional itinerary exploring the alpine landscapes of the Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut, Gantrisch, and Jura vaudois Parks.
- The Jogne Heritage Trail: a two-stage itinerary tracing the history of the valley.
The Park also promotes crossing hikes, designed for long-distance walkers and accessible by public transport – a concrete way to combine the pleasure of hiking with soft mobility.
Many routes also pass through the Vanil Noir and Pierreuse nature reserves, while revealing the cultural, heritage, and ecological diversity of the region.
Cycling in the Park
Le Parc Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut offre également de nombreuses de possibilités pour explorer le territoire à vélo, en VTT ou en e-bike. Le territoire est traversé de nombreux itinéraires pour vélo épinglés par SuisseMobile.
The Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut Park also offers many opportunities to explore the area by bicycle, mountain bike, or e-bike. The territory is crossed by numerous cycling routes highlighted by SwitzerlandMobility.
The County Tour
The Tour of the county of Gruyère, achievable in two days by e-bike, leads through typical pre-Alpine landscapes and villages of national importance, while revealing many sites of interest.
Theme trails
The Park has created trails based on specific themes. These routes are documented either with a leaflet or with an educational kit designed for school classes.
Preparing for your hike
Good preparation is the first essential step for a successful hike. Have you thought of everything? Planning, assessment, equipment – the Park has gathered all the practical tips you need for an enjoyable hike!
You can also find a mountain guide, learn how to act around livestock guarding dogs, or check out the responsible behaviours to adopt while hiking.
Trail conditions
Trail conditions may change at any time. Please check SwitzerlandMobility before setting out on your hike. Tick the box Switzerland by foot to display the accessible trails.
The routes are spread across valley floors, balconies, and higher altitudes, offering a wide range of possibilities throughout the seasons.
Most of the hikes are designed as traverses. Each starting and ending point is served by public transport, making the routes easier and more flexible.
With its eleven mountain stages, the Grand Tour des Vanils is designed for well-trained hikers.
Ideally done from June to September, it crosses the Park’s most beautiful landscapes.
Thanks to excellent public transport connections, it allows great flexibility — from one stage to several.
This double itinerary — Via Le Gruyère AOP and Via L’Étivaz AOP — follows the historic routes once used for transporting cheese.
Composed of 21 stages, each lasting from one to four hours, it is just as accessible to experienced hikers as it is to families with young children or occasional walkers.
3 Parks Hike
From Zweisimmen to Gruyères, the 3 Parks Hike takes you through the Regional Nature Parks of the Pre-Alps: Diemtigtal, Gantrisch, and Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut.
This six-day itinerary immerses you in landscapes shaped by mountain farming.
