Category: Hiking
All hiking routes are in Switzerland unless otherwise specified in the title of the post.
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Stage 20 of the Trans Swiss trail is 24 km long with 300 m ascent and 620 m descent and goes from Seelisberg to Erstfeld.
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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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The Height Route at Flumserberg is a short (8 km) hike that winds its way down (461 descent) from the top of the Maschgenkamm gondola station to the top of the Chrüz chair lift. At Chrüz, we rode the super-fun Floomzer mountain coaster back to Tannenboden.
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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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The Mark Twain trail is an 11 km long theme trail with an ascent of 1361 m that takes you Weggis to the peak of Mount Rigi (Rigi Kulm). This path follows the trail taken by Mark Twain, humorously recounted in his book “A Tramp Abroad.”
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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.
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The Chrüzegg Panorama trail at Atzmännig is Bergstation -> Chrüzegg -> Talstation. This 7 km trail has 190 m of ascent and, 520 m descent. It starts at the top of the chair lift and then winds its way back to the parking lot by walking along the top of the arena.
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We wrapped up our time in Massachusetts on our USA trip with a hike on two trails, the Charcoal Trail (3.2 km, ascent/descent 160 m) and the Burbank Trail (5.5 km, ascent/descent 210 m, in the Yukon Ridge reserve near Lenox.
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The Shaker Loop trail is 10.5 km long with 355 m ascent and descent. This loop took us through the Pittsfield State Forest reserve and past some historical points of interest for the Shaker religious order.