Tag: Summer
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A summary of biking the complete National Bike Route Number 5 – The Mittelland Route from Romanshorn to Lausanne.
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Stage 7, the last stage of the Mittelland Bike Route was 51 km and went from Yverdon to Lausanne. My least favorite stage of the trip.
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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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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.”