Upper Simmental (Saanen / Betelried / Matten)

From Zweisimmen the main road leads to Saanen, while the road to Lenk through the Upper Simmental branches off on the left, running alongside the Grosse Simme to Betelried (960 m/3,150ft), with the 18th C. Schloss Blankenburg (local government offices). It then continues to St Stephan (993 m/3,259ft; 15th C. church), with the Wildstrubel (3,253 m/10,673ft) in the background, and to Matten (1,026 m/3,366ft), at the mouth of the Fermelbach valley. 5km/3mi farther on (views of Wildstrubel) is Lenk.