Alpine cheese dairy, visits

Alpine breakfasts, cheese-making, whey baths or mountain inns - there's plenty of variety to the mountains in the holiday region of Gstaad. It's what makes any stay here so special.

Alp	What's on offer	How to get there	Contact
Vorder Eggli; Saanen	Alpine breakfasts, visits to the cheese dairy*	By car from Saanen/Rübeldorf to Chalberhöni, then goods track up to the alp. Also accessible by hiking trail.	Bruno und Mirjam Signer - Wehren +41 (0)33 744 57 03 Mobile +41 (0)79 257 22 76
Bodme, Gstaad	Visit to the cheese dairy*	Take the cable car Wispile up to the middle station, then take a walk of approx. 1h. You can also take the cable car up to the mountain top and follow the cheese trail to the alp (approx. 1h walk)	Dominik Matti, Alp Bodme +41 (0)79 406 97 39
Turnels; Turbach	Alpine breakfasts Bathing in fresh whey Sleeping on straw Farm shop sale of dry-cured meats and alpine cheeses	Pass by the station of the Wasserngrat cable car. After 100 metres take a right turn onto the gravel road. This road leads up the valley towards the alp. After a 1.5h-walk you will reach the alp situated in an altitude of 1900 meters between the Wasserngrat and the Giferspitz.	Jakob Zumstein +41 (0)33 744 49 17 Mobile +41 (0)79 635 96 87
Beust; Saanen	Visit to the cheese dairy* Farm shop sale of alpine and grating cheeses	By car from Saanen/Rübeldorf to Chalberhöni, then by hiking and mountain trails to the Chalberhöni valley; turn right at Restaurant Waldmatte to reach the alp	Willy Bach +41 (0)33 744 92 05 Alp +41 (0)33 744 62 18
Walig; Feutersoey	Visit to the cheese dairy* Farm shop sale of alpine cheeses cow leasing	www.baergheimet.ch	Walo Perreten +41 (0)33 755 11 31 Alp +41 (0)33 755 13 18 Mobile +41 (0)79 341 86 33
Topfelsberg; Feutersoey	Brunch, visit to the cheese dairy* and farm on request	Accessible on foot, direction Arnensee (route on request)	Simon Walker Mobile +41 (0)79 332 20 66 Reservation (visit) +41 (0)33 755 81 81
Eggenalp; Zweisimmen	Alpine shop Whey baths	In Zweisimmen take road to Sparenmoos, after 5 km before steep climb left branch is sign-posted, arrive at destination after 500 m	Gerhard Hofstetter +41 (0)33 722 10 94
Site und Hauli; Zweisimmen	Show-dairy Group events	By car or postal bus from Zweisimmen on road to Sparenmoos approx. 7 km, branch off to the alp is sign-posted on the right, then 500 m on a new road	Alfred and Kurt Santschi +41 (0)33 722 18 77 Mobile +41 (0)79 334 62 48
Hüsliberg; Zweisimmen	Mountain inn	By car from Zweisimmen on road to Sparenmoos as far as Sparenmoos-Nüjeberg, then on hiking or mountain trails as well as unmarked footpaths into the middle of the alpine sections.	Hanspeter Rieder +41 (0)33 722 14 56
Wildeneggberg; Zweisimmen	Afternoon snacks on the alp Ruth Trachsel's "Taterechueche" (Saanen speciality) Sleeping on straw with dinner and breakfast	Travel by road as far as Saanenmöser, from there on mountain trails up to the alp.	Viktor and Ruth Trachsel Mobile +41 (0)79 441 27 83

* Cheese produced daily from approx. 9 am to 11 am