Wild Rose Hike
- 2:15 h
- 7.15 km
- 322 m
- 322 m
- 1,081 m
- 1,403 m
- 322 m
- Start: Anger animal show ground, Zwischenflüh
- Destination: Anger animal show ground, Zwischenflüh
Why are wild roses actually so valuable?The blue beetle collects the pollen of wild roses as food in June, like many other insects. Wild roses often grow on stone piles. Here the weasel finds a welcome hiding place from predators and a breeding site. As a predator, the weasel catches small mammals such as field mice and thus eases mouse control for farmers. The shrike usually builds its nest in a dense thorn bush. From this exposed lookout, it spies and catches large insects. It impales these prey insects on thorns or spikes to tear them apart or keep them as a stock. In June, the common rose gall wasp lays its eggs in the leaf buds. The leaf cells react with a peculiar tissue enlargement, the gall, in whose chambers the larvae develop.
Use and harvest of rosehips
Wild rose fruits are harvested whole from mid-September to the end of October. To continue using the rosehips, the seeds must be removed.
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Directions
The hike starts at the PostBus stop «Anger» and first takes you along the main road for 550 m towards the valley. Turn left onto the gravel path at the second curve. Through forest and pasture, you can already find individual roses. The real excitement begins after the junction at Pt. 1399 – don’t miss the turn onto the small path. On the now reached pastures, you’ll discover a wide variety of roses. It’s worth searching along the path towards the southeast there as well. Back on the valley road, walk towards Seebode and along the Fildrich back to the starting point.
Shortcut option:
If you want to shorten the circular hike, you can return to the starting point by PostBus from the former Tiermatti inn.
Equipment
Sturdy footwear, weather-appropriate clothing, magnifying glass, picnic and drinks for the way
Directions & Parking facilities
Motorway A6 Bern towards Zweisimmen, turn left 1 km after the Simmenfluss tunnel towards Diemtigtal. Follow the Diemtigtal road inwards along the valley for 14 km towards Schwenden to the Anger animal show ground.
Free parking spaces are located directly at the Anger animal show ground.
By train to Oey-Diemtigen station (Spiez-Zweisimmen line). Then continue by PostBus to the stop «Zwischenflüh, Anger».
Additional information
Diemtigtal Nature Park
Bahnhofstrasse 20
3753 Oey
T 033 552 26 00
info@diemtigtal.ch
www.diemtigtal.ch
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Interested persons can have the collected fruits simply processed into rosehip pulp with the provided machine at the > Rosehip Day.
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