--- title: "On the 9-Lakes-Hiking in Goms" url: "https://www.brienzersee.ch/en/experiences/tour/on-the-9-lakes-hiking-in-goms" description: "The Grimsel Pass between the Oberhasli and Valais was probably used as a connecting route long before our era. It is always amazing to see that people knew and used our Alpine passes several thousand years ago. As a trade route, the Grimsel Pass along with the adjacent Gries Pass to Italy was particularly important from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Granite, bedrock, Aarmassif – that sounds like unspoiled landscape, lonely mountains, and pristine nature. A few steps from the pass road, hardly any traffic noise can be heard anymore. A barren primal landscape welcomes us, as the high trail consistently lies between 2100 and 2700 m above sea level: grassland and individual snow remnants, glacier-polished rock slabs, and above that jagged rock needles and fractured peaks, moors, babbling streams, and mountain lakes in the most diverse shades of blue and green. After the Totesee near the pass, the Jostsee with its cottongrass-lined shores is the next gem. Rundsee, Üelisee, and many other mountain lakes enchant us up to the Trützisee. You can follow the marking “9-Lakes-Hiking,” but you also have to sometimes look carefully for the trail in the sparse grass and scree. And always this view! At the beginning, the peaks of the Gärstenhoren behind the Totesee amaze, then some less well-known but no less impressive summits of the Rotondo and Nufenen region can be seen. But also famous peaks like the Mischabel group shine in the distance. After the Trützisee follows the long descent through the Trütz Valley to Ulrichen. At the latest here, during the alpine season, you will surely encounter some black-nosed sheep. Down in the valley, you will sink into a chair on a restaurant terrace and lean back contentedly. Text: Fredy Joss" language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://img.oastatic.com/img2/608062907/max/variant.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > www.brienzersee.ch > Experiences > Tour" --- GPX Share On the 9-Lakes-Hiking in Goms ============================= - 18.21 km long - Difficulty: difficult - Condition: difficult - Great panorama - Hiking Trail - 6:50 h - 18.21 km - 900 m - 1,710 m - 1,345 m - 2,774 m - 1,429 m - - Start: Grimsel, pass summit - Destination: Ulrichen **Long and alpine, but incredibly beautiful – that is roughly the brief description of this high-altitude hike far above the Rhone valley flank. From the Grimsel Pass, it leads past numerous mountain lakes and finally steeply down to Ulrichen.** The Grimsel Pass between the Oberhasli and Valais was probably used as a connecting route long before our era. It is always amazing to see that people knew and used our Alpine passes several thousand years ago. As a trade route, the Grimsel Pass along with the adjacent Gries Pass to Italy was particularly important from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Granite, bedrock, Aarmassif – that sounds like unspoiled landscape, lonely mountains, and pristine nature. A few steps from the pass road, hardly any traffic noise can be heard anymore. A barren primal landscape welcomes us, as the high trail consistently lies between 2100 and 2700 m above sea level: grassland and individual snow remnants, glacier-polished rock slabs, and above that jagged rock needles and fractured peaks, moors, babbling streams, and mountain lakes in the most diverse shades of blue and green. After the Totesee near the pass, the Jostsee with its cottongrass-lined shores is the next gem. Rundsee, Üelisee, and many other mountain lakes enchant us up to the Trützisee. You can follow the marking “9-Lakes-Hiking,” but you also have to sometimes look carefully for the trail in the sparse grass and scree. And always this view! At the beginning, the peaks of the Gärstenhoren behind the Totesee amaze, then some less well-known but no less impressive summits of the Rotondo and Nufenen region can be seen. But also famous peaks like the Mischabel group shine in the distance. After the Trützisee follows the long descent through the Trütz Valley to Ulrichen. At the latest here, during the alpine season, you will surely encounter some black-nosed sheep. Down in the valley, you will sink into a chair on a restaurant terrace and lean back contentedly. Text: Fredy Joss Read more Berner Wanderwege Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (3%) Asphalt (6%) Path (77%) Trail (13%) Unknown (1%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions Grimsel Pass – Jostsee – Rundsee – Trützisee – Ulrichen Read more Equipment We recommend the following equipment: sturdy hiking boots, medium-sized backpack with hip belt, sun protection, rainwear, hiking poles, pocket first aid kit, picnic, enough fluids, mobile phone. Read more Directions & Parking facilities **Public transportation****Arrival**: by post bus from Meiringen / Innertkirchen or from Oberwald to Grimsel Pass summit **Return**: by Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn from Ulrichen Read more Additional information Berner Wanderwege, 031 340 01 01, , Read more License (master data) Safety guidelines This route runs entirely or partially on marked paths of the category **mountain hiking trail**. Read more Map **swisstopo hiking map**: 265T Nufenenpass, 1: 50,000 Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Tours 10.33 km - Hiking Trail 10.13 km - Hiking Trail 7.10 km - Hiking Trail **outdooractive** Contact 3999 Obergoms Download GPX file - - - -