After a long day of travelling from Sydney, Australia via Singapore, London then Geneva, and with rain forecast for most of the day I decided to start things off with a visit to the Aareschlucht Gorge (Aare Gorge) near Meiringen.

A quick train trip from Interlaken Ost, changing at Meiringen for the train to Aareschlucht Ost station (the bridge over the river at Aareschlucht West was closed due to repair work being carried out).

After a short steep walk to the East Entrance, it was time to be amazed by the gorge and river.

The Aare Gorge (German: Aareschlucht) is a section of the river Aare that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of Meiringen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

The gorge is an indirect product of glaciation; 10,000 years ago, just as the Ice Age was coming to an end, torrential runoff water from melting glaciers eroded a deep, narrow chasm through the limestone barrier.

Although barely 2 kilometres (1 mi) long, this passage is bordered by sheer cliffs up to 50 m (160 ft) high on either side. The gorge varies in width from some 30 metres (98 ft) at its widest to just 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) at its narrowest. (Wikipedia).

The Aareschlucht Gorge is currently closed, reopening on March 29th, 2024.

Recorded 14th October, 2023.

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