The Juraweg Thal near Gänsbrunnen

3 April 2022

Gänsbrunnen is the highest municipality in the canton of Solothurn. The farms in the valley and the Sennhöfe on the heights of the Jura form this idyllic hamlet. Mining, limestone quarries and the iron industry have shaped the landscape for centuries.

The Juraweg Thal is a marked network of hiking trails along and on the second Jura mountain range. Information boards along the path provide information on geography, geology, history, nature, hunting, agriculture and forestry.

The trail leads through the Thal Nature Park. The Brunner mountain range begins at the Gänsbrunnen train station. A seven-hour hiking trail leads across it through the nature park to Balsthal.

Another hiking trail leads from Welschenrohr to the Probstenberg with a view of the Delsberg valley and the Vosges mountains.

Along the cantonal border with Basel-Landschaft, the route goes to the Malsenberg and through the forest back through the valley to Gänsbrunnen.

The Wolfsschluchtroute starts with a climb through the gorge and continues over the heights of the second Jura chain. Through the meadows of the Jura, it goes via Tannmatt to Mieschegg and over the Hinter Brandberg back to Welschenrohr.

(Source and further information: www.naturparkthal.ch).