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Welcome to Square Lily Pad! My name is Karen and I live in Switzerland. I love the outdoors and this website is simply a place to share what I love.
Every post on Square Lily Pad is based on my own personal experience. Be it hiking, biking, or visiting a museum, each post provides my personal account of what it was like along with detailed information about how I did it so that you can learn about how to do it too.
Multi-Stage Trail Progress Tracker
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Bodensee Radweg
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Hike
Route 3 Alpine Panorama Trail
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Hike in Every Swiss Canton
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Completed Trails!
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Route 5 The Mittelland Route
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Route 2 Trans Swiss Trail
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Route 47 Zürich Zugerlander
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Route 67 Dreiland Wanderweg
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Route 84 Zürichsee Rundweg
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Latest Posts:
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Biking the Bodensee Radweg – Stage 5 Rorschach to Kreuzlingen
Stage 5 of the Bodensee Radweg is 38 km long with 190 m ascent/descent. This stage is entirely in Switzerland and starts at Rorschach and ends in Kreuzlingen.
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Biking the Bodensee Radweg – Stage 4 Lindau, Germany to Rorschach
Stage 4 of the Bodensee Radweg is 42 km long with 140 m ascent/descent and starts in Lindau, Germany, crosses through Austria, and ends in Rorschach, Switzerland.
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Biking the Bodensee Radweg – Stage 3 Friedrichshafen to Lindau, Germany
Starting in Friedrichshafen and ending in Lindau, Germany, Stage 3 of the Bodensee Radweg is 25 km long with 50 m ascent/descent.
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Hiking the Baselbieter Chirsiweg (Cherry Way) – Oltingen to Sommerau
The Baselbieter Chirsiweg (Cherry Way) is an 11 km trail with 400 m ascent and 260 m decent that goes from Sommerau to Oltingen. We went in the opposite direction and had a lovely time. Although the cherry trees weren’t fully in bloom yet, we enjoyed two other highlights: a cave and a waterfall.
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Biking the Bodensee Radweg – Stage 2 Überlingen to Friedrichshafen, Germany + Visit to the Pfahlbauten Museum
Stage 2 of the Bodensee Radweg is 30 km with 120 m ascent/descent starting in Überlingen and ending in Friedrichshafen, Germany. This stage passes beautiful lake views, vineyards, and several cute towns and I stopped at the Pfahlbauten Museum – a reconstruction of the prehistoric pile dwellings.
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Snowshoeing the Curnius Loop Trail (Route 546) – Falera / Laax
The Curnius Snowshoe Loop is 6 km long with 337 m of ascent and descent. This trail starts at the Curnius mountain station which can be reached by either a small gondola from Laax or a chairlift from Falera.