Switzerland Triftbrücke

The Triftbrücke is a pedestrian rope bridge modelled on the Nepalese three-rope bridges, which cross the Triftschlucht gorge in the south of the Gadmer valley in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, and the Triftwasser. The Triftbrücke is one of the longest and highest hanging rope bridges in the Alps that can be walked on by pedestrians.

In the past, the tongue of the Trift glacier reached as far as the Triftschlucht gorge, enabling mountaineers to cross the gorge over the glacier on their way to Trifthütte. As early as 1996, it was foreseeable that this path would soon no longer be passable, as the glacier quickly receded. A lake formed above the gorge and had to be bypassed.