Category: Hike Route 2 – Trans Swiss Trail
The Trans Swiss trail (National Route 2) is a 488 kilometer, 32 Stage trail that completely crosses Switzerland. It starts near the French border in Porrentruy, crosses through the German speaking areas, and ends near the Italian border in Mendriso.
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At 25 km, stage 9 of the Trans Swiss trail is a long hike (the “official” hike is 22 km, but then it is another 3 km to walk to the train station). Fortunately, with only 400 m ascent and 360 m descent, it isn’t a very difficult hike.
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Stage 8 of the Trans Swiss trail is a 15 km long hike with 280 m of ascent and 250 m of descent. The trail goes from Murten to Laupen and it is a fairly easy walk through fields, forest, and small towns.
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Stage 7 of the Trans Swiss trail is a 19 km long hike with a 360 m ascent and a decent of 340 m. The trail technically goes from Neuchâtel to Murten, but as you cross Lake Neuchâtel with the ferry, you don’t actually start hiking until you reach Cudrefin.
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Stage 6 of the Trans Swiss trail is an 11 km long hike with a 200 m ascent and a decent of 560 m.
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In our hike-through of the Trans Swiss Trail, we are on to stage 5, a 15 km stretch with an ascent of 580 m and descent of 560 m that goes from St-Imier to Chézard-St-Martin.
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We continued our hike-through of the Trans Swiss Trail by hiking stage 4, an 18 km stretch with an ascent of 460 m and descent of 660 m going from Saignelégier to St-Imier.
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We completed stage 3, Soubey to Saignelégier. At 12 km, this stage was a relatively short hike, but with an 800 m gain in altitude, it was not an easy hike.
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We continued our hike-through of the Trans Swiss Trail (Route 2) and hiked stage 2 (Length 17 km, Ascent 260 m, Descent 220 m) form St-Ursanne to Soubey.
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Stage 1 of Trans Swiss Trail – Route 2 is 17 km long with 600 m of ascent and 600 m of descent.