Hiking the Swiss Alps Day 3 of 7: Kandersteg to Gs... Above the Oeschinensee Day 3 of 7: July 19, 2008 When Dave had asked the girl at the visitors center in Kandersteg about our planned hiked from Kandersteg (where we were) to Gspaltenhornhütte (another Swiss Alpine Club mountain hut), she laughed and stated that it was not possible to make the hike in one day. We did the make the hike in one day - 8.5 hours of mostly climbing. We checked out of Hotel Ericka before breakfast...