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title: "Trail Bumbach"
url: "https://www.biosphaere.ch/en/tour/trail-bumbach"
description: "Discover a total of 50 kilometers of classic and skating trails on the Marbach-Escholzmatt-Bumbach trail network and enjoy the incomparable view. The Bumbach trail runs for 10 km from the Bumbach schoolhouse to Kemmeriboden. You can expect a well-prepared trail in a magnificent winter landscape along the Emme, surrounded by Hohgant, Schrattenfluh and Schibengütsch. The night trail in Bumbach (3 km, starting point at the Bumbach schoolhouse) is illuminated daily from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. There is a switch for the lighting at the trail hut. Trail passes & prices Here you can get trail passes, season & weekly cards and trail tickets: ESCHOLZMATT: Tourism office, Gasthaus Krone (only on Sundays) WIGGEN: Egghus snack bar MARBACH: Tourism office, base station of the sports lifts, Lötscher bakery SCHANGNAU: Tourism office (at the municipal administration) BUMBACH: Gasthof Alpenrose, Gasthof Rosegg, Hotel Kemmeriboden-Bad, base station ski lifts Bumbach Prices Swiss cross-country skiing pass (card format or digital) CHF 160.00 Season pass Escholzmatt-Marbach-Bumbach CHF 80.00 Day ticket Escholzmatt-Marbach-Bumbach CHF 10.00 Children and young people under 16 years ski free! With all passes and tickets of the cross-country skiing trail, you travel free of charge during the winter season on the post bus route Escholzmatt-Kemmeriboden! There are 15 post bus stops along the trail. Changing rooms & showers MARBACH: In the basement of the community hall Marbach, Hotel Sporting* BUMBACH: Gasthof Rosegg*, Hotel Kemmeriboden-Bad** Charges apply. Please register at the reception Wax roomsIn the basement of the community hall Marbach. Lockers ESCHOLZMATT: At the train station MARBACH: In the basement of the community hall"
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Trail Bumbach
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- 7.21 km long
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- cross country skiing

- 1:59 h
- 7.21 km
- 81 m
- 85 m
- 912 m
- 997 m
- 85 m
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- Start: Bumbach
- Destination: Bumbach

Cross-country skiing in a magnificent winter landscape along the Emme, surrounded by Hohgant, Schrattenfluh and Schibengütsch.

Discover a total of 50 kilometers of classic and skating trails on the Marbach-Escholzmatt-Bumbach trail network and enjoy the incomparable view. The Bumbach trail runs for 10 km from the Bumbach schoolhouse to Kemmeriboden. You can expect a well-prepared trail in a magnificent winter landscape along the Emme, surrounded by Hohgant, Schrattenfluh and Schibengütsch.

The night trail in Bumbach (3 km, starting point at the Bumbach schoolhouse) is illuminated daily from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. There is a switch for the lighting at the trail hut.

**Trail passes &amp; prices**

Here you can get trail passes, season &amp; weekly cards and trail tickets:

- ESCHOLZMATT: Tourism office, Gasthaus Krone (only on Sundays)
- WIGGEN: Egghus snack bar
- MARBACH: Tourism office, base station of the sports lifts, Lötscher bakery
- SCHANGNAU: Tourism office (at the municipal administration)
- BUMBACH: Gasthof Alpenrose, Gasthof Rosegg, Hotel Kemmeriboden-Bad, base station ski lifts Bumbach

**Prices**

- Swiss cross-country skiing pass (card format or digital) CHF 160.00
- Season pass Escholzmatt-Marbach-Bumbach CHF 80.00
- Day ticket Escholzmatt-Marbach-Bumbach CHF 10.00
- Children and young people under 16 years ski free!

With all passes and tickets of the cross-country skiing trail, you travel free of charge during the winter season on the post bus route Escholzmatt-Kemmeriboden! There are 15 post bus stops along the trail.

**Changing rooms &amp; showers**

- MARBACH: In the basement of the community hall Marbach, Hotel Sporting\*
- BUMBACH: Gasthof Rosegg\*, Hotel Kemmeriboden-Bad\*
    \\* Charges apply. Please register at the reception

**Wax rooms**
In the basement of the community hall Marbach.

**Lockers**

- ESCHOLZMATT: At the train station
- MARBACH: In the basement of the community hall

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Good to know
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Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Directions

Schoolhouse - Sawmill - Schwandweid - Kemmeriboden - Schwand - Alpenrose - Schoolhouse

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Equipment

EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LESSONS 
Toni Lötscher
Färberhus 12
CH-6196 Marbach
Phone +41 34 493 30 55, Mobile +41 79 341 64 43

Daily, weekly and seasonal rentals, individual and group lessons possible.
Advance booking is required.

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Directions &amp; Parking facilities

**Getting there**Easy to reach from both the Bern region and the Lucerne region. Bumbach is conveniently located between Bern and Lucerne. By car it takes 60 minutes from Lucerne via Wolhusen - Entlebuch - Wiggen, 60 minutes from Bern via Worb - Grosshöchstetten - Langnau - Wiggen, 30 minutes from Thun via Schallenberg.

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**Parking**Various free parking spaces along the trails.

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**Public transportation**By train from Lucerne or Bern to Escholzmatt and change to the post bus towards Marbach–Schangnau-Kemmeriboden. There are a total of 15 post bus stops along the Escholzmatt-Marbach-Bumbach trail network.

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Additional information

Escholzmatt-Marbach Tourism
Tourism office Marbach
Phone +41 (0)34 493 38 04

Tourism office Escholzmatt
Phone +41 (0)41 486 01 30

Tourism office Schangnau/Bumbach
 Phone +41 (0)34 493 31 13

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Literature

 Escholzmatt-Marbach Tourism

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Author

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

Organization

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

License (master data)

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Try a large portion of the legendary "Merängge" at the Kemmeriboden-Bad country inn.

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Safety guidelines

- Use exclusively the marked trail and observe the signposts.
- Behave considerately towards other trail users and the landscape.
- Carry additional sun protection. UV rays at high altitude can be very strong, especially in winter, even in cloudy weather.
- The weather conditions in the mountains can change very quickly and without warning. Appropriate clothing is very important.

Information about the current trail condition of the Bumbach trail is available daily at  or by phone at 034 493 37 38.

You can find the rescue points along the trail as well as the locations of defibrillators on the .

Trail organization Escholzmatt–Marbach–Bumbach.

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Nearby
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- Place of interest
    
    
    - Fireplace
- Tours
    
    4.27 km
    
    
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    3.62 km
    
    
    - cross country skiing
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    4.22 km
    
    
    - cross country skiing

Contact

6197 Schangnau

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