Category: Hiking
All hiking routes are in Switzerland unless otherwise specified in the title of the post.
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Stage 32 of the Trans Swiss trail is 12 km long with 860 m ascent and 800 m descent and goes from Morcote to Mendriso (including a ferry ride from Morcote to Brusino Arsizio, Funivia).
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Stage 31 of the Trans Swiss trail is 12 km long with 840 m ascent and 880 m descent and goes from Lugano (Paradiso) to Morcote. This was one of prettiest hikes of the entire Trans Swiss Trail with some absolutely stunning views from the top of Monte San Salvatore.
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The Senda Ruinaulta is a 10 km, 360 ascent/descent loop trail easily accessed from the Laax, Staderas bus stop.
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While at Saxon Switzerland National Park in Germany, we hiked to the Bastei Bridge and through the Swedish Holes, about 6 km with 215 m ascent/descent.
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While in the Mosel Valley in Germany, we stayed in the town of Cochem, and did a loop hike from there up to the ruins of Winneburg castle.
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Stage 30 of the Trans Swiss trail is 5 km long with 220 m ascent and 220 m descent and goes from Tessereste to Lugano (Comano).
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Stage 29 of the Trans Swiss trail is 24 km long with 1400 m ascent and 1100 m descent and goes from Bellinzona to Tesserete. We did this as a two day hike with an overnight in Isone.
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The Mülitobel-Sihl-Weg trial is 14km long with 250 m ascent and 560 descent and goes from Shönenberg (ZH) to Richterswil.
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Stage 28 of the Trans Swiss trail is 25 km long with 120 m ascent and 170 m descent and goes from Biasca to Bellinzona.
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Stage 27 of the Trans Swiss trail is 18 km long with 440 m ascent and 1150 m descent and goes from Anzonico to Biasca.
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The Rundweg Winterthur trail is a 10 stage, 70 km loop trail that follows along the Winterthur city limits. For our hike, we only did the 15 km long section recommended on the SwissMobility website that went from the Kempttahl train station to the bus stop in Elsau, Tolhusen.
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For our last hike of 2022, we decided to do something close by and headed up to the Horgenberg for an easy loop around the fields to Hirzel and then back along the ridge past Hirzel Höhi. This isn’t an “official” hiking route, but I decided to write a post about it anyway.