Meringue Dessert in Kemmeriboden Bad in the Entlebuch Region

(This post created on January 2, 2025)

Sunday, October 25, 2015 -- Of course we can't just go out for dessert, we have to walk about 10 kilometers to get there first!

There is a popular restaurant/hotel called Kemmeriboden Bad in the Emmental, famous for its meringue & ice cream & whipped cream dessert. You can get there by regular Post Bus but we included a 2½ hour hike starting at the ski resort called Marbachegg and walking down from there into the Bumbach Valley.

We walked most of the way with views of the massif called Schrattenfluh, which is a pretty impressive-looking mountain!

The dessert was good, but shouldn't be too hard to make at home. I will give this a try!

After traveling by train to Escholzmatt and then by bus southwards to Marbach, we take a gondola cable-car ride up to Marbachegg, a popular family ski resort. This view is of the village of Marbach from the gondola. This is the Entlebuch region of Canton Luzern, but just north of the Canton border with Bern.

At the summit station of the gondola is a starting platform for paragliders, and a nice look down over the village of Marbach and the very pretty Entlebuch region.

And on the other side we have a view to the south to the Bumbach Valley. That would be Canton Bern. Kemmeribodenbad is on the far left at the end of that valley.

Heading off our our hike now, with views to the south of the Hohgant Massif.

The walk from Marbachegg down to Kemmeriboden Bad takes under three hours, and follows Regional Trail no.65: "Grenzpfad Napfbergerland". We started at Marbachegg at about 1 p.m., and got to the restaurant at just over 4 p.m.

Up ahead is the massif called the Schrattenfluh. We are headed toward the base of that and will descend into the valley toward the right.

Always fun to see highland cattle

We are following Trail no.65: "Grenzpfad Napfbergerland". It's a little over 2½ hours to Kemmeriboden Bad.

Heading toward the base of the Schrattenfluh

A cute chapel along the way, and some pretty farmhouses.

A look behind us at the summit of Marbachegg, where we started our hike.

To the south we can see the summits of Mts. Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and even the Sphinx observatory is visible on the saddle called Jungfraujoch. All those mountains are in the Bernese Oberland.

Passing by a farm called Ober Hapegg.

All the time we are headed slightly downhill.

A look behind us at the west flank of the Schrattenfluh Massif.

A look to the west into a valley that you can reach by bus from Thun. That is all in Canton Bern.

A section along some cliffs before the final steep descent of 300 meters. It's right about here that you cross the Canton border from Canton Luzern to Canton Bern.

We are being observed by some Simmental cows! In the background is Mt. Brienzer Rothorn, and the range of mountains which separates us here from Lake Brienz. All in the Bernese Oberland Region, as we have now crossed into Canton Bern.

We got down to the wooden bridge over the Emme River at just after 4 p.m., and headed across to the popular restaurant, known for its meringue desserts.

Advertising for the Kemmeriboden Meringues! The size of this meringue is vastly misleading....

Several interesting old buildings at the site of Kemmeriboden Bad.

Sharing a meringue dessert, made with lots of whipped cream, and ice cream if you like! It's a specialty of the Hotel/Restaurant Kemmeribodenbad. Very popular!

We had found a nice table next to the Gasthaus.

Time to catch the bus back home shortly before 4 p.m. This is a look up at the south end of the Schrattenfluh. The prominent rock at the top is called Schibegütsch.

This is what our walk looks like on Google Satellite Maps. First a cable-car ride from Marbach to Marbachegg, and then a 9-km walk down to Kemmeriboden Bad.

The rest of these photos is from the bus trip back to Escholzmatt from Kemmeriboden Bad. We had some nice late afternoon sunshine for that trip back home!