Trans Swiss Trail, Stage 17/32

LeisureHike in Lucerne – Lake Lucerne Region

Trans Swiss Trail, Stage 17/32

National route No. 2, Stage 17: Giswil – Flüeli-Ranft

Description

National route: No. 2 (Porrentruy – Mendrisio)
Length: 10 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 340 m • ↓ 100 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 469 m • 730 m
Hiking time: 2 h 45 min
Grade: easy
Fitness level: easy

National route No. 2: Trans Swiss Trail: Stages; 1. Porrentruy – Saint-Ursanne; 2. Saint-Ursanne – Soubey; 3. Soubey – Saignelégier; 4. Saignelégier – St-Imier; 5. St-Imier – Chézard St-Martin; 6. Chézard St-Martin – Neuchâtel; 7. Neuchâtel – Murten; 8. Murten – Laupen; 9. Laupen – Bern; 10. Bern – Worb; 11. Worb – Lützelflüh; 12. Lützelflüh – Langnau i.E.; 13. Langnau i.E. – Eggiwil; 14. Eggiwil – Schangnau; 15. Schangnau – Sörenberg; 16. Sörenberg – Giswil; 17. Giswil – Flüeli-Ranft; 18. Flüeli-Ranft – Stans; 19. Stans – Seelisberg; 20. Seelisberg – Erstfeld; 21. Erstfeld – Wassen; 23. Andermatt – Passo del S. Gottardo; 24. Passo del S. Gottardo – Airolo; 25. Airolo – Osco; 26. Osco – Anzonico; 27. Anzonico – Biasca; 28. Biasca – Bellinzona; 29. Bellinzona – Tesserete; 30. Tesserete – Lugano (Comano); 31. Lugano (Paradiso) – Morcote; 32. Morcote – Mendrisio

From the Sarnersee lakeside path steeply up to the Flüeli-Ranft pilgrimage site, where eremite Niklaus von Flüe retreated into a gorge, to live as a cleric, visionary, warning voice and counsellor. His birthplace is one of Switzerland’s oldest wooden dwellings.

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