Zürich Oberland – Hüttchopf and the Töss Valley – Time - 4,5 hours, Distance – 16 Km, Uphill - 560m, Downhill - 560m

From the trail point of view this is easy walking. The path up to the Hüttchopf is on farm and forest tracks, narrower paths through woods and across fields, steeper descent to the stream but good track throughout. Well signposted and well walked. Just two short stretches of asphalt. Panoramic view from the Hüttchopf and an interesting walk along the young Töss where some areas are ‘untouched’ since Lothar, the storm in 1999, wreaked havoc in the forest. In one 200m stretch the rock beside the path must be moving as there are sensors and notices to tell walkers to walk on the side of the path furthest from the rock face. I cannot imagine it making a lot of difference where one is walking if anything really happened there – there is an awful lot of rock – but I trust the Swiss authorities are keeping a weather eye on it.
*Only other reservation is that some of the ‘styles’ which allow walkers through while keeping cattle in their appointed field, are only suitable for folk up to Swiss Clothes Size 46! See picture.
Children would probably enjoy damming bits of the stream; maybe they would have the opportunity to watch hang glider pilots taking off at the Scheidegg.
At the starting point of the walk, just outside Steg, there is a large signposted parking area especially for hikers! Unfortunately the Restaurant Scheidegg is closed on Mondays, when we were walking this route, but the one in Ohrüti gave us a nice break before we set off along the last stretch of river back to the car.