Charles Kuonen suspension bridge in November

  • Sunnieandles
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    4 November 2019 at 6:07:51 #824364

    Hello,

    is it safe to hike Charles Kounen suspension bridge around this time in the rain (Nov 2019)?

    We’re here in Interlaken and would like to travel to Randa to do the hike.

    Thanks!

    Sunnie

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    4 November 2019 at 6:44:26 #924582

    Hi Sunnie,

    I find different information on different pages regarding the Charles Kuonen suspension bridge, one page says it closes end of October, the other one says the circle walk from Randa over the bridge is open.
    http://www.zermatt.ch/en/Medi a/Attractions/The-Charles-Kuonen-Suspension-Bridge
    http://www.randa.ch/en/touris m/the-charles-kuonen-suspension-bridge-on-the-europaweg/

    Maybe the best idea would be to ask locally or try to contact the local authorities by phone e.g.
    http://www.myswissalps.com/ze rmatt

    Fingers crossed you’ll be able to visit the bridge!

    Best,
    Steph

    ps: DO let us know if you find out more! Thx.

    Sunnieandles
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    4 November 2019 at 6:52:09 #924583

    I will let you know. Thanks for your quick reply Steph!

    Sunnie

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    4 November 2019 at 6:59:14 #924584

    You’re welcome! Sorry to not have any more detailed information at hand and THX already now for the update.

    Best,
    Steph

    Virgingorda
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    4 November 2019 at 14:24:13 #924585

    Try to contact Randa’s TI office. They were very helpful and had tons of info on the hike. We stayed in Randa one night but too bad didn’t have enough time to do this hike.

    Sunnieandles
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    4 November 2019 at 16:24:26 #924586

    Thanks!

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 9:56:06 #924587

    Hello everyone,

    Charles Kounen suspension bridge is open! We just hiked it yesterday and it was such a gorgeous hike. The Europaweg hike is closed but the bridge is open. The top of the mountain is covered in snow but the path is still very visible- the bridge had some snow on it but not totally covered. I believe if you hike the next few days, you’ll be okay. We hiked without trekking poles and they were doable- we did have good hiking boots though. It was really cold and windy in the middle of the bridge so bring layers. We felt very safe going through the bridge- maybe a little bit of rain and snow going up but we did not get soaked at all. Have fun!

    rockoyster
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    6 November 2019 at 10:15:16 #924588

    Post some photos! 😎

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 10:38:20 #924589

    I will- photos are not loading right now- sorry…

    Removed user
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    6 November 2019 at 12:40:54 #924590

    Hi Sunnieandles,

    thanks for the report, I would like to see some photos too.

    Do you have technical issues? Try to upload pictures smaller than 1 Mb, it should work. Do you get any error messages?

    Thanks

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:06:39 #924591

    Yes I was getting error messages…

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:07:45 #924592

    Here’s one…

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:08:52 #924593

    One more

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:09:30 #924594

    Another…

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:10:35 #924595

    And another…

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:12:14 #924596

    Short video…

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 13:13:53 #924597

    Sorry- file too big too…

    Removed user
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    6 November 2019 at 17:36:56 #924598

    Oh, it was very beautiful! Thank you for the pictures. 🙂

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 20:18:27 #924599

    You’re welcome! And I did forget to mention that the hike up itself was gorgeous! Different shades of brown and yellow and then trees covered in snow the more you get to the top- it was really glorious! From the bridge you can see snow on one side and then more of the fall colors on the other side- truly amazing!

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 20:19:39 #924600

    More photos

    Sunnieandles
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    6 November 2019 at 20:21:15 #924601

    More…

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