3 Days Central Switzerland Guided Hike in Pilatus Rigi

Ziua 1 · Travel to Lucerne

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   Lucerne

   4 ore

   Travel to Lucerne and spend the afternoon exploring the town at your own pace.

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Ziua 2 · Cogwheel Train and Hike to Pilatus Summit

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   Pilatus Luzern

   8 ore Intrarea inclusă

   Meet your guide and the rest of the group and take a train ride to Alpnachstad. After going up to the Pilatus middle station on the world’s steepest cogwheel train, we will hike to the Pilatus summit. From there we descend in a gondola to Kriens.

   Total hiking time: 2.5 – 3 hours

   Distance: 3.7 km / 2.3 mi

   Ascent: 710 m / 2,330 ft

   Descent: 5 m / 20 ft

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Ziua 3 · Hike to Sewen Hut

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   Sustenpass

   8 ore Intrarea inclusă

   Today we will take the train and head towards the mountains. After a bus ride we will hike to Sewen Hut, a Swiss Alpine Club Hut.

   Total hiking time: 3.5 – 4 hours

   Distance: 7.6 km / 4.7 mi

   Ascent: 640 m / 2,100 ft

   Descent: 940 m / 3,080 ft

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Ziua 4 · Hike Weggis - Rigi

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   Mount Rigi

   8 ore Intrarea inclusă

   After a train ride to Weggis we will partially follow the Mark Twain path up to Rigi Kaltbad (described in Mark Twains book “A Tramp abroad”). From Rigi Kaltbad a train will take us up to the Rigi Kulm summit and later down the mountain.

   Total hiking time: 3 - 3.5 hours

   Distance: 7 km / 4.3 mi

   Ascent: 1,000 m / 3,280 ft

   Descent: 10 m / 30 ft

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Ziua 5 · Leave Lucerne

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   Lucerne

   o oră

   After breakfast continue to your next destination in Switzerland or return home.