Large alpine hut from the front with many bells on the façade. Four red and white parasols adorn the terrace of the rustic alpine hut and a Swiss flag flies in the wind on the left. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 unbekannt / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Rustic alpine hut like in a pictures book

View of cheese and mountains from Alp ‘Underi-Bodme’. ©  (c) Sarah Althaus / Rapunzel will raus

View of cheese and mountains

From flower meadow at Hornberg View to Giferspitz and into Heuberg ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mattias Nutt Photography / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Summer view from the Hornberg to the Giferspitz

©  Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
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Gstaad Bergbeizli Trophy 2026

The Gstaad Hiking Challenge from 6 June to 18 October 2026

Together with the digital summit book, every hike becomes even more exciting!

With the Peakhunter app (the summit book in your pocket), we challenge you to hike to various destinations in our region and, with a bit of luck, you could win attractive prizes at the end of the summer season!

How does this work? Here is all the important information:

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Destination Gstaad / Melanie Uhkoetter / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Ruedi Hählen / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
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Register and start hiking!

And this is how it works:

  1. Install the free Peakhunter app for iPhone or Android, register and take part in the Gstaad Bergbeizli Trophy 2025 challenge
  2. Visit at least 8 mountain restaurants by 19 October 2025 and register on site on the Peakhunter app
  3. In addition to wonderful hikes, you can also win attractive prizes with fine products and experiences from the region

Explanatory videos are available under the following links:

How do I register on the Peakhunter app?
How do I register for the Hiking Challenge?
How do I register when I am at a mountain restaurant?
Install the free Peakhunter app for iPhone
Install the free Peakhunter app for Android

Goals of the challenge

Visit the various mountain restaurants throughout the Gstaad holiday region. Every single hut is worth the effort - check it out!

  • The nine mountain rustic huts are characterised by the integrated alpine farming. This is where the cows spend their summer holidays and cheese is made daily on most of the alps - the gold of the alps and farmers!
  • The two SAC (Swiss Alpine Club) huts offer not only culinary delights but also overnight accommodation.
  • The evening moods are impressive! The seven traditional mountain restaurants stand out with their cosy architecture. They also offer fine regional products!

Our hiking suggestions to the various mountain restaurants

The various hiking suggestions usually allow you to visit two or three mountain huts in one day. There are easy and more challenging tours, short or longer hikes, which can also be combined with the cable cars (Magic Pass is valid). Some include strenuous ascents and others are more high-altitude hikes.

Whichever tour you choose, it's worth starting early in the morning. Have fun!

Tour suggestions
Family with a small child walks through the flower meadows in summer weather. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Melanie Uhkoetter / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Family with a small child walks through the flower meadows in summer weather.

Two people hike down the mountain into the valley on a flower meadow. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yannick Romagnoli / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Hiking in the best weather conditions in summer.

Wonderful evening atmosphere on the Wasserngrat. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Niels Oberson / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Wonderful evening atmosphere on the Wasserngrat.

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In the picture on the left, five regional products are standing or lying on a wooden crate. They are all products in different jars – wild garlic vinegar, syrup and various jams. In the picture on the right, meat products are also displayed on a wooden crate. In the middle is a piece of dried meat, surrounded by various sausage products. All products are labelled as regional products ‘ächt - vo hie’ (from here) with a yellow, round sticker featuring the Gstaad logo and the slogan ‘ächt - vo hie’.

Regional products Gufestatt

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Alice Moratti / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Everyone a winner - attractive prizes to be won!

As a finisher you even have two chances to win!

If you visit eight mountain restaurants, you will be a finisher and we will be happy to present you a surprise bag containing various locally made «ächt - vo hie» (authentic from here) products as a souvenir of our region. You can collect this reward at the tourist office in the Promenade in Gstaad. 

You will also automatically be entered into the big final prize draw at the end of October, where we have exciting prizes in store for you.

Good luck!