Goldingertal ZH - approx. 2.5 hours, 9 Km, 250m difference in altitude

This short walk in the Zürcher Oberland, starting from Brugg, between Schmerikon on Lake Zürich and Uznach, is unusual in respect of the variety of countryside it covers. The Neuhüsler Stream has cut a deep valley and for short distances the path is a foot-bridge (Steg in German) beside the rock. Vaguely reminiscent of the Aare Gorge near Meiringen. Shady and romantic, one could imagine oneself a hundred miles from civilisation. However, from time to time there are signs of industry – the pipes which brought water at pressure down to the mills in the villages below. The Wooden Bridge near Neuhaus is impressive. Only short stretches of the walk are on hard surfaces but nearer the villages one sees the growing number of detached houses erected on the less expensive building land further from the towns.
This walk would have been fine for children were it not for the single handrail at ’adult’ height on some stretches of the footbridges.