Tag: Spring
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Stage 6 of the Mittelland Bike Route was 51 km and went from Ins to Yverdon. We also stopped at the Menhires at Clendy – pre-historic standing stones, erected more than 5000 years ago.
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Stage 5 of the Mittelland Bike Route was 62 km and went from Solothurn to Ins. The most interesting point along the way was the Hagneck hydroelectric power plant.
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Stage 4 of the Mittelland Bike Route was 59 km and went from Aarau to Solothurn.
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Stage 19 of the Trans Swiss trail is 20 km long with 820 m ascent and 480 m descent and goes from Stans to Seelisberg. This stage includes a steep ascent through the Risleten Gorge past a really gorgeous waterfall.
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Stage 3 of the Mittelland Bike Route was 64 km and went from Kloten to Aarau.
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Stage 2 of the Mittelland Bike Route was 51 km and went from Wil (SG) to Kloten.
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Stage 1 of the Mittelland Bike Route was 36 km and went from Romanshorn to Wil (SG).
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Stage 18 of the Trans Swiss trail is 17 km long with 520 m ascent and 80 m descent and goes from Flüeli-Ranft to Stans. On this stage, I learned a lot about Nicholas von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland.
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Stage 17 of the Trans Swiss trail is 10 km long with 340 m ascent and 100 m descent and goes from Giswil to Flüeli-Ranft.
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Stage 16 of the Trans Swiss trail is 19 km long with 700 m ascent and 1350 m descent and goes from Sörenberg to Giswil. I was excited to get to this stage because it marks the half-way point for our hike-through of the Trans Swiss Trail.
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Stage 15 of the Trans Swiss trail is 19 km long with 860 m ascent and 640 m descent and goes from Schangnau to Sörenberg.
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The Nordspitze Panoramweg trail (14 km, 520 ascent/descent) is a loop trail starting in Bargen that takes you past the most northern point in Switzerland. Much of the trail is along the Swiss/German border and the trail crosses over into Germany at several points.