We Tried to Hike the Most Dangerous Trail of Switzerland 

I'm having a panic attack just watching this.

Here's hoping you never step on lose or slippery rock...when your life depends on it. Beautiful scenery. Thanks for the video.

This was great! Thanks guys! It scared the shit outta me. Best & cheers, Sean

Absolutely beautiful!!! Terrified of heights. Would do this 10/10

I love and enjoy the challenge of a good ridge hike. Thanks for adding to my motivation. Added this trail to my to-do list.

AWESOME, absolutely love it

A wonderful place! One of my favorite Trails...

Very cool thanks for sharing!

My thighs would be so torn up from straddling and sliding across the whole way! 🤣🤣 You guys did a great job! Very brave!

Great video, love it

Wow that is stunningly beautiful and awesome and very very scary! We must get back to Switzerland one day. Best regards Mike

We almost missed the last boat at Glacier National Park on the Crypt lake hike. It was much more difficult than we thought. We did miss a bus at hadrian's wall after all day hike ~ bro, not what you want to do after all day hiking is hike a road for 4-5K!! Proud of you for hanging in on that sketchy trail!

The Brienzergrat is always a brilliant experience. As a skyrunner, I enjoy both the challenging trails and the unique view. Here are a few tips for all those who dare to take on the challenge: - you need a very good physical condition - take at least 4 liters of water with you - the way from the Brienzer-Rothorn to the Harder is easier than the reverse route - do not go on the route on rainy days or when it has been raining the days before - ask about the exit variants - look for a guide if you are inexperienced - enjoy it!

Hey everyone, thanks for watching! Guess what, I went back and completed the whole hike last week! 3000m+ vertical gain and 35K, I was completely exhausted. Maybe you want to check it out? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gf8LUGehaJA.html

absolutely amazing! Swam in lake Brienz as a kid

I think I was more terrified by watching than you doing it. The landscape was awesome, completely worth it.

awww hell no. WOW WOW. too scary for me. beautiful but very scary. thanks for a great video.

Those are amazing views but I probably wouldn't hike this, I'd be the one who tumbles down the mountain.

Fuuuuuck mate - i feel with you. so much - my heads got sweaty!!! great vid

Stunning video 🌏

Man, I have the same issue. It didn't used to be an issue but as I've gotten older I seem to get anxiety on high, exposed mountains. But I still climb them!

I literally just finished this hike 2 days ago from Brienz to Harder Kulm. Spent the night at Brienz Rothorn hotel. Nothing, not even this video, can really prepare you for what's to come lol it was the most physically demanding thing I've ever done, and mentally it pushed me beyond my limit. It absolutely destroyed me, but I'm proud to say that I made it to Harder Kulm 😁 thank you for the inspiration. Maybe I'll come back to this hike again someday, when I'm stronger and more experienced

We did it about 10 years ago and needed from Brienzerrothorn to the Harder 12 1/2 hours. If you go a second time then start at the Brünigpass and walk to the summit of the Brienzerrothorn. Then spend the night in the hotel on the summit. That enable a very early start next morning for the ridge. 👍

Good squat - hiking technique! How do you deal with dried river-beds on steep slopes?

I did this hike from Interlaken and didn't finish as well after 10 hours of hiking. Now I can see, i missed all the fun/scary part. Toll video 😊

Me: Damn, this is scary. I would panic so much on this trail. Also me: saving this video for a future hike :))

Very very very beautiful. But it is not for me. Very dangerous all the time. I was tense here just to watch. Spectacular video. Congratulations from Brazil

Beautiful views

I watched this video because I wanted to make this hike tomorrow... nooo chance now! Awsome video!

I did this hike about 2 months ago and my name is also Xander... funny that this got recommended to me! It was probably my favourite hike I did in Switzerland.

Just: wow! 🤩Huge congratulations that you've made such hike. 🎉 I'm personally also scared of heights and love the mountains at the same time, which is really crazy combo, so I'm scared just watching this video... Liked 👍🏻 Subscribed ⭐

F*ck No! Just watching the video freaks me out.🤯 Mind blowing up!

Damnit now I fell in love with this place and have to see it for myself. This video was truly epic!

That was hard to watch! Do you have cloven hooves? I would have turned back when I got to the ridge with the loose rocks.

Well done lads great achievement. Great video and useful information I hope to do this myself next year.

solid work doing it tomorrow

WTF... ik ken die momenten uit Italie dit jaar tijdens de Ledro Skyrace... van die momenten dat je denkt... Ik moet nu op mijn knieën gaan zitten. Met deze waanzinnige beelden kreeg ik weer even een flashback! Deze van jullie was nog even de 3.0 versie...

thnk you guys for this beautifull video. I wanted to do that this summer, but now i see to dangerous fro me...

Cool!

That hike is prettifying to me!! WOW 😮 How do you do it! Stay safe. 🙋🏼‍♀️👍🏻🇺🇸

Nice video !!!

Wow would love to hike that one day.

Good Job👍🏻👍🏻

WHAT IS THE SONG PLAYING IN THIS? I LOVE IT.

4:08 incredible shot!

Ik ben verschillende keren in Zwitserland geweest om te hiken maar deze zal ik niet doen, het ziet er erg gevaarlijk uit. Gefeliciteerd dat je het gedaan hebt en leuke video! Mocht je nog eens in die omgeving zijn, is de rondwandeling vanuit Stechelberg > Gimmelwald > Tanzbodeli > Oberhornsee aan te bevelen.

absolutely beautiful! i've never done a ridge hike before, but i am up to the challenge! i'm young, in great shape, but i'll admit the height has me feeling a little scared lol the views that you show off make me feel like going for it though! i plan on making a solo trip to switzerland and am looking for amazing hikes like this. is it easy to find guides for hikes like this?

Just watched your other video, where you succeeded in hiking the whole trail, but started from Interlaken. Do you have a preference as to which way to do the hike - Interlaken to Brienz, or Brienz to Interlaken?

Did it in 2020, Brünigpass to Harder Kulm in about 12 hours, 3.4k elevation, arrived with the first train from Zurich. I am not a skyrunner, just a hiker. In general not difficult, about two or three exposed places. Ridge to Morgenberghorn (Leissiggrat) is much sharper and breaks apart under your feet. Last 10 km are boring, but going down straight from Augstmatthorn is also painful. You can refill water at Rothorn, I think I had 2 liters. If I would repeat, I would do only the part between Augstmatthorn and Rothorn.

What time of the year did you do all these hikes ? I’m planning on going around the end of September (20th) and I worry it’ll be too cold..

How do you do it with that fear? I have the same, I worry it would cripple me.

Was there steel safety bars to hold onto during the sketchiest part of the summit at 2:37-2:45

👍👍👍

What a beautiful place but soooo scary. I have height vertigo and I can’t stand because I lose my balance so a hike like that is a big no for me. Much respect to you and I hope your mother didn’t see this 😬

Chapeau! Auch wenn ihr es nicht ganz geschafft habt! Well done - a valuable experience, I guess.

Do you have to be really experienced to do this kind of hike? I'm living in Switzerland and I kind of would like to try this, even though just watching this video makes me feel scared.

Hi Xander! in which month was this filmed?

When doing a ridge climb, if your partner falls off one side, you must jump over the other. Of course it helps if you are roped together.😜

25km mountain hike in one day? That's rough!! Absolutely looks incredible!!! Well done!! I do have to say, seeing how anxious you got getting on your knees, that you might have overestimated yourself, or underestimated the route. In German they call this "trittsicherheit", and it is very important to understand one's limit for the sake of safety. Perhaps I am being a bit harsh, but I think you really shouldn't be on a route like this.

If I had to pick a tune to listen to on the way down after I slipped off the ridge for the last time I think I’d pick the first one. What is it?

may I know that song on start to hike??

Wow

can you update which spot did you start and end?

😰 niet normaal zo eng. En gevaarlijk ja! Respect!!!

Nice Video Thank You 👍and a New Abonnent, grüße Michael

Bin beim anschauen gerade Tausend Tode gestorben 🤯 aber so schön

🥰👏👏👏

It's not really difficult except the short part before you stand on the ridge before Tannhorn. From then on it's just mentally demanding. I had my problems, too. I felt a bit uneasy.

whats the name of the first song in this video??

IF YOU HAVE FEAR OF HEIGHTS, YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER THIS TRAIL AN OPTION FOR A HIKE. IT IS WRITEN EVERYWHERE !!! So you were unconscious going there.

what‘s the BGM？

Scary

Why do they use walking sticks in this terrain? They lose the sense of balance.

Never heard of safety measures? A rope and a pickle, for example? Accidents happen!

oeh think i'll go there

Hi ! watch Fründenschnur / Öschinensee / Kandersteg / Switzerland

My wife would be hilarious trying to negotiate this. So would I be, come to think

At 2:40 you can't call that anymore a ridge, rather an arete.

Am I right that the Tannhorn (and the one before, briefenhornli?) are by far the most dangerous (and scaring part), and if skipped, would make the walk a lot easier (both on mind and feet, and timing schedule? After watching 12+ video's, 2000+ images, maps, google 360°c, my conclusion so far is to drive to Lombachalp, rise to Augstmatthorn (the easiest, and still beautiful, thus most must see top), by first going Suggiture, then doing the 7 tops to Allgauwhoren (Gummhorn, blazenhubel, Schnrirenhornli, Algauw licki, Allgauwhoren), then there is a path down from there, long but easy walk to lombahalp, drive back done :D In perfect world, Harder Kulm + forest walk would be included, but in case we dont make it, would be risky + the forest removes some sight (i take camera with me, to take top quality landscape images, so those top views are my priority). Between Harder Kulm to Allgauwhoren (just before Tannhorn), the ridges seem most of time safe (either 1.5-3 meter wide, or one side that is way less steep, with grass, that should prevent sliding down all way if dry. Since i'm staying 14 days at Brienz, i can just do the Rothorn another day, and perhaps even skip Tannhorn and enjoy view like Planalp, maybe even walk to top and go down. Harder Kulm (maybe even from Interlaken walking all the way), would also be nice hike. Also @ Wander with Xander, did your feet ever slip on a dangerous part (Tannhorn especially)?

You're acrophobic, it's not just fear. Your motor functions and balance are impaired, it's not just a feeling, you are literally more likely to fall and die. I'm glad you survived the experience but you should take it seriously and realise that it's not just a matter of getting over the fear. There are ways of overcoming it, at least to an an extent, through exposure therapy in a safe environment.

BE SAFE.

Yeah... No thanks! I'm never doing that!

nope at around 3 minutes.

Terrifying

Your friend should NEVER have taken you on that hike, as you are not accustomed to the steep drop-offs and hights, nor to this level of alpine hiking combined with climbing on fairly exposed trails (and I'm wondering if he is - as he clearly could not properly assess the personal abilities versus the requirements of the trail), IMHO. This is the kind of understimation of the alps ond overestimation of one''s abilities that can land you on the title page of the boulevard press very quickly if you slip and fall (and many DO land there - almost every weekend!). Just this weekend it was two inexperienced and inadequately dressed, young ladies freezing to death on the Monte Rosa in a "sudden" snow storm... It's good you decended once you realized the time plan was shot and did not try to push through to the end. Glad you made it. Just 2 weeks ago I was witness to a person falling 30 meters off an exposed part of a mountain side, splitting his skull on the rocks and dying at the scene a few minutes later. It is SO much better to use that brain for researching the skills required for an alpine hike BEFORE going there!

When you come to the US hike to Angels Landing in Zion National Park, if you survive that hike the maze in Canyonlands National Park and last but not least hike to Halfdome in Yosemite National Park. All three of these are super dangerous and amazing. Enjoy!

Uahhhhh…. Would be impossible to walk up there….

Like a raung mount in indonesia

Zo gaaf, wel eng dat je zo kunt vallen

Man I would love to do this hike. 14km in 6 hours? Thats super fast!

Wunderschön aber viel zu riskant. Wer weiß wie viele schon verunglückt sind.

No f**king WAY!

Looks very dangerous to me

Hey this the song from forza

why is it dangerous

I love hiking in the mountains but NOPE

That's really not a hike you should do if you have any fear of heights and are not very surefooted.

First time ever I had to stop watching a video. Just too scary. It's madness. One tiny slip or movement of stone and it's all over. Just not worth it in my opinion especially when there are hundreds of safe walks with great views. But well done

You music copyright

The music distances the viewer from the experience. The exact opposite of what you intend I expect