Tag: Summer
-
In September, I took friends on the Chüebodensee loop hike with a detour up to the Wildmadfurggeli at Elm (10 km hike with 857 m of ascent and decent).
-
This hike up to the Spitzmeilen mountain hut is 13 km long with 587 ascent and 594 descent and starts and ends at the top of the Maschgenkamm gondola station at Flumserberg.
-
The hike up to the Legler Mountain hut (german) is 5.5 km long with 677 m of ascent that starts at the top of the Kies gondola, takes you over the Kärpfbrugg, a 50 m wide natural stone bridge, and then up to the hut.
-
The Gotthard 5-Seen-Wanderung (5 Lakes) trail is a 12 km long trail with 600 m ascent/descent that takes you past at least 5 alpine lakes. This trail starts and ends at the Gotthard Passhöhe bus stop.
-
The 2-Seen-Wanderung (or 2-lakes Hike) at Pizol is a 6.6 km hike with 39 m ascent and 640 m descent that starts at the top of the Pardiel-Laufböden chairlift, zigzags its way down the mountain going past two very lovely alpine lakes, and ends at the bottom of the chairlift in Pardiel.
-
Stage 7 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 23 km long trail with 1100 m ascent and 680 m descent that goes from Siebnen to Einsiedlen.
-
Every three years, Bad RagARTz hosts the Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, a large open-air sculpture festival, in Bad Ragaz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein and Altes Bad Pfäfers. In 2024, we took the opportunity to stroll around the town of Bad Ragaz to check out the festival’s many impressive, weird, and wonderful sculptures.
-
Stage 6 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 26 km long trail with 240 m ascent and 700 m descent that goes from Amden to Siebnen.
-
Stage 5 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 14 km long trail with 860 m ascent and 800 m descent that goes from Stein, SG to Amden.
-
Stage 4 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 12 km long trail with 500 m ascent and 1000 m descent that goes from Schwägalp to Stein, SG. We also did two side stops – a trip up to the top of Säntis and a stop at the Säntis Cheese Factory.
-
The hiking route from Quinten to Weesen along Lake Walen is 11 km with about 400 m of ascent/descent and includes a viewpoint of one of the tallest in Switzerland (Seerenbach Falls).
-
A summary of hiking the complete Dreiland Wanderweg, Chemin des Trois Pays, or Three Country Trail (Trail 67), a 43 km long, three-stage trail that explores the border triangle between Switzerland, Germany, and France.