Iffigenalp, Alpine pasture in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Iffigenalp is a north-facing terrace at 1,600 m above sea level above the rear Simmental near Lenk in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is framed by three-thousand-metre peaks such as the Wildstrubel (3,244 m) and Wildhorn (3,248 m), plus the Niesehorn, Weisshorn and Gletscherhorn. The Iffigfälle waterfalls lie close by, and a pass route leads from the alp to the Rawilpass into Valais.

In 1892 Wilhelm Hildebrand, son of a wealthy miller from Saxony-Anhalt, bought the Iffigenalp. In 1901 the municipality of Zweisimmen made him an honorary citizen because Lenk refused to do so. In 1923 he sold the alp to the Iffigenalpgenossenschaft Biglen, whose members have used it for summer grazing ever since.

The alp has been used for summer grazing since 1923, when Wilhelm Hildebrand sold it to the Iffigenalpgenossenschaft Biglen. Its members still drive cattle up for the summer; the animals once arrived by train from Biglen, now by truck.

The terrace faces north and lies in shade, so snow lingers; the Iffigfälle falls are close by. A pass crossing from the alp leads into Valais via the Rawilpass. Cattle are brought up for summer grazing by the members of the Iffigenalpgenossenschaft Biglen cooperative, now by truck rather than by train.

The alp was bought in 1892 by Wilhelm Hildebrand, son of a wealthy miller from Saxony-Anhalt. In 1901 Zweisimmen made him an honorary citizen because Lenk refused to do so. Since 1923 the Iffigenalpgenossenschaft Biglen has used the alp for summer grazing, with cattle once brought by train from Biglen and today by truck.