Reichenbach Falls

Photo: Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

1.9km
Total Distance
342m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 1.9 km climb of about 330 m from Reichenbach past the Sherlock Holmes viewpoint to the Reichenbach Falls above Meiringen. The falls drop 250 m in all. In Conan Doyle's story The Final Problem, the upper fall is where Holmes fights Professor Moriarty.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Drinking water
    at the start
  2. 2
    Drinking water · 1.2km
  3. 3
    Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty
    at the end · Viewpoint
Bus stop
Klinik Reichenbach · 76m from the start
Parking
217m from the start
Path grade (SAC)
T1 · T2 for 0.2km
Surface
natural ground 58%, paved 32%, gravel 11%
Marked route
ViaBerna Etappe 17, Via Alpina

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Difficulty

2/5 · Easy