Nidwaldner Höhenweg, Stage 5/6

Regional route No. 88, Stage 5: Oberrickenbach – Brisenhaus

Description

Regional route: No. 88 (Stanserhorn – Emmetten, Stn. Niederbauen)
Length: 13 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 1200 m • ↓ 360 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 894 m • 1753 m
Hiking time: 4 h 50 min
Grade: medium
Fitness level: difficult

Regional route No. 88: Nidwaldner Höhenweg: Stages; 0. Stanserhorn – Storeggpass; 0. Melchsee-Frutt – Engelberg; 0. Brisenhaus – Emmetten, Stn. Niederbauen; 0. Oberrickenbach – Brisenhaus; 0. Storeggpass – Melchsee-Frutt; 0. Engelberg – Oberrickenbach

You follow the Benediktusweg (Benedictine path) to Niederrickenbach, where the shop run by nuns sells Alpine herb tea made from herbs they have gathered. Further on past beautiful sycamore trees you reach the Brisenhaus SAC hut at the foot of the Brisen.

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