Whether you are a hiking aficionado or simply a leisurely walker who revels in the scenic outdoors, Swiss suspension bridges offer an unforgettable experience. Here is an overview of some spellbinding and occasionally vertigo-inducing itineraries.
1. Europaweg (Europe Bridge): the world’s longest Tibetan bridge
The longest bridge is now in operation
2. Raiffeisen Skywalk: the Swiss second longest bridge
To go there, take the cable car with gondolas that can rotate around their vertical axis two times on the ascent to Mostelberg. Kids also would enjoy the Mostelberg mountain station with its attractive bouncy castle, trampoline, and a large digger. This is also the start of the channel for the summer toboggan run with its tunnels and steep-walled bends.
If you are an avid hiker, you can explore various roundabout routes to avoid crossing the bridge again when returning from Stone Circles for example. Walkers can take the path (signed "der pfad") towards Hals Kreuz and Herrenboden

3. The Walk: the first bridge to connect two summits
The Walk on a sunny day
You can access the bridge from the View Point station at the top of the Glacier 3000 cable car, situated above the mountain resorts of Les Diablerets and Gstaad.
4. Titlis Cliff Walk: at the highest altitude

Photo Credit Pentapfel
The bridge is 90cm wide and 100m long, it stretches spectacularly from one rock face to the other and requires a good head for heights and a nerve of steel as it sways in the wind and wobbles as you walk across.
WIth formidable music in classic fantasy story style, the trip is really epic
The cable car is also worthy mentioning, it is slowly rotating on an axis while ascending which makes you lose a sense of direction on where you are heading. Hence, it might feel as if you were suspended in air, lifting and drifting aimlessly amidst the mountains and clouds.
The top station of the cable car way is a five-floored edifice with restaurants, viewing platforms and a long Ice Tunnel called the Glacier Grotto, dug deep into the body of the glacier, approximately 25 meters below the surface. You walk along a path inside the core of the glacier. The temperature under the solid mass of ice is about minus 1 degree Celsius throughout the year, so it is freezing in there. The path is slippery and you need to tread very carefully. Also, you need be appropriately dressed – exactly as you would do if you were going for a stroll into a giant nebulous freezer.

Ice Flyer chair lift, hold on tight
Moreover, the ‘Ice Flyer’ bench does not stop for you to get into. You stand gingerly in the designated place, the bench comes from behind and bumps into your booty, you plop into the bench and then before you realize it, you find yourself gently soaring – more like flying over the glacier. And I am not exaggerating one bit! The ‘Ice Flyer’ literally scoops you and takes you ‘flying’.
For thrill seekers who love heights, this bridge is sure to be a highlight on your trip to Lucerne.
5. Trift Bridge: a flight over the lake (you fall, you swim)
Up and up you go, and when you get over that final rock, just don't look down! It is so vertiginous you might want just to crawl back on your trail. But let fear not stop you, this is the Bridge to walk!
There was the first pedestrian bridge built in 2004 that spanned the lake providing access to the hut. It soon became so popular that it had to be replaced in 2009. The Trift Bridge of today was designed in the traditions of Nepalese three-rope bridges is accessible from June to October.
6. Sigriswil Bridge: lakes galore on a circular panoramic path
Sigriswiler Panoramabrücke
There is a plan to create a continuous circular panoramic path around Lake Thun with up to seven new footbridges – three have already been built. The suspension bridge over the Gummi gorge near Sigriswil is the centrepiece of this hike down to Oberhofen on Lake Thun.
The bridge is open all year round, if the snow is light, but mainly the 1h 40min hikes are taken March to November. The ascent is 50 m, whereas the descent drop is 280m, so if you have issues with blood pressure, go slow. It costs CHF 8 to cross the Gummi gorge suspension bridge (hotel and holiday home guests and VCS (ATE - Swiss Association for transport and environment) members pay half price; take identity documents).
A fantastic tightrope walker, not for the fainthearted
Or go as far as Schynige Platte to experience Lake Thun from afar. It would also take you high above the ground but without any precarious rope-walking.
7. Hängebrückenweg Furi Suspension Bridge: over a glacier garden

Matterhorn in full glory. Not exactly the bridge, I just fell in love enchanted with this photo by ricardoadelaide
8. Passerelle à Farinet: to the smallest vineyard in the world

This suspension footbridge has been opened since 2001 and has a height of 140 metres and is 98 metres long allowing passage over the gorge. You can access the bridge through the village of Leytron or the medieval village of Saillon. It is about an hour walk from the village through the vineyards to reach the bridge. The trail is well marked and be sure to look for the “Vine of Peace” metal artwork by Hans Erni that is sealed in the rock upstream from the bridge. Access is free and the view of the vineyards and the gorge are breathtaking. In front of the bridge, you find a small picnic area with seating and table. In-depth views down into extraordinarily narrow gorge are truly impressive. The descent leads first through the woods, then once again through vineyards and on to Saillon in around 50 minutes. Please take the time to contact the local information centre and enquire about route and weather conditions before setting off. Your intended trail may be fully or partially closed, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.
9. Salbit Bridge: danger alert (a demanding trail)

Salbit Bridge with almost no fog creeping over it
Salbit hiking trail is a very demanding 4.5 – 5.5 hours’ hike and it is recommended to stay at one of the mountain huts. It is also advisable to rent a climbing safety belt and plan carefully for the hike as it is Nepal-style trekking.
10. Aspi-Titter Bridge: buy yourself a bridge

Just make sure you check the weather first before setting off as the intended trail may be fully or partially closed, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.

Goms Bridge. Photo Credit j4sonp
- San Barnàrd church and Carasc Bridge in the restored Ticino village Curzútt (Corte di Sott), get the vertiginous effect while crossing the 270-meter-long and 130 meter-high Carasc suspension bridge. The bridge joins the stone made village of Curzútt S. Bernardo to the hiking path of “Via delle Vigne”, permitting pleasurable hikes amid chestnut woods in a historic, scenic and beautiful region known for excellent food and wines on reaching the other side. The suspension bridge is easily accessible with the Monte Carasso-Carzùtt-Mornera cable car – the valley station for which is located on the outskirts of Bellinzona. After passing the upland plain of San Defendente with a late medieval oratory, the route follows the old stone path that descends very steeply to Sementina and Monte Carasso. At the end, walkers will see the "Fortini della fame" (circular "hunger" towers) on the left, the Dufour defense line and the SS. Trinità church.
- Goms Bridge near Ernen is 280 m long and 1.40 m wide. This suspension bridge crosses the young Rhone at a height of 92 m. The bridge is open all year round except after heavy snowfalls. Walkers pass wooden water conduits to reach the awe-inspiring columns of the Ernen gallows. In 1447, the high court for the entire tithing of Goms was assigned to Ernen. Not all thieves were immediately condemned to death here: most of them escaped with prison sentences or fines, while some were put in the pillory or branded on the shoulder. Here you can also see a lovely church and Tell House with probably the oldest Tell frescoes (dating from 1578). Goms Bridge allows direct access from Fürgangen to Mühlebach village with Switzerland's oldest wooden village centre complex.
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