Rhine Route, Stage 4/9

National route No. 2, Stage 4: Buchs – St. Margrethen

Description

National route: No. 2 (Andermatt – Basel)
Length: 43 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 150 m • ↓ 190 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 402 m • 470 m


Fitness level: medium

National route No. 2: Rhine Route: Stages; 0. Rheinfelden – Basel; 0. Kreuzlingen – Schaffhausen; 0. Buchs – St. Margrethen; 0. Andermatt – Disentis; 0. Chur – Buchs; 0. Disentis – Chur; 0. Schaffhausen – Bad Zurzach; 0. Bad Zurzach – Rheinfelden; 0. St. Margrethen – Kreuzlingen

The St.Gallen Rhine Valley is an area where you often enjoy a warm wind. A lot of new land was created when the course of the Alpine Rhine was corrected here, land which ultimately turned into Europe’s largest freshwater delta with a rich and varied birdlife.