Hiking
In the Gruyère pays-d'Enhaut Regional Nature Park
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Spring walks
From April onwards, many of the routes will once again be accessible. The cheese Trails offer great walks to get back into shape while exploring the different corners of the Park and its heritage.
Numerous walks, easily accessible by public transport, can be enjoyed during the spring. The four themed trails are also open all year round.
Hiking in the Park
The Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut Regional Nature Park is criss-crossed by numerous SwitzerlandMobility hiking trails.
Among this multitude of trails, the Park has chosen to promote walks based on specific themes.
- The Grand Tour des Vanils offers experienced walkers the chance to discover some of the area's most breathtaking panoramas.
- Heritage enthusiasts will love the cheese trails.
- Food lovers will delight in the Savurando.
- Lovers of alpine life can set off to explore the Swiss Pre-Alpine parks with the Three Parks Hike.
Le Parc met également en avant les randonnées en traversée, dont les points de départ et d'arrivée sont facilement accessibles en transports publics.
There are numerous hikes that traverse the cultural, heritage, and natural riches of the Park, including the Pro Natura reserves of Vanil Noir and La Pierreuse. The swisstopo map below provides a brief overview of the diverse routes available to you!
Hiking in the Park
The grand tour des vanils
With its eleven mountain stages, the Grand Tour des Vanils is an extremely rewarding trail.
Ideally enjoyed from June to September, it takes in some of the Park's most beautiful landscape.
With good public transport links, it offers great flexibility from one to several stages.
The cheese trails
This double itinerary – the Via Le Gruyère AOP and the Via L'Étivaz AOP – follows old trade routes, notably followed by people transporting cheese via the Col de Jaman (Jaman pass) in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The walks are divided into stretches of 1 of 4 hours and are suitable for experienced or occasional walkers as well as families with young children.
L'application pour smartphone Les Vias du fromage présente l’itinéraire étape par étape avec les temps de marche et les profils en long. En outre, cette application représente une mine d’informations, à la fois guide interactif, annuaire de prestataires touristiques et source d’informations sur le terroir et le territoire.
The Cheese Trails app presents the route step by step, with walking times and longitudinal profiles. The application is also a mine of information, combining an interactive guide with a directory of tourist service providers and a source of information about the local area.
The tour of the old county of gruyère
On an e-bike around the park
The two-day Tour of the Old County of Gruyère is an opportunity to discover the traditional Pre-alpine landscape and architecture of national importance as well as a host of regional landmarks and sites of interest.
savurando
Solving puzzles during a hike while discovering the richness of the Pays-d’Enhaut products to leave with a fulfilled body and soul—this is the appetizing program offered by Savurando in the Park, from July to October.
One-day excursions
This selection of one-day hikes allows you to discover the four regions of the Park, at a pace and level to suit everyone.
The itineraries are divided between the valley bottoms, the balconies and the higher altitudes, so as to offer a wide range of activities in keeping with the seasons.
Most of the walks have been designed as crossings. Each starting and finishing point is served by public transport, making the routes easier and more flexible.
Thematic trails
The Park has created trails around specific themes. These trails are documented in a leaflet.
The three parks hike
From Zweisimmen to Gruyères, the Three 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 agriculture.
