24.05.2010, 21:39
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| Re: GPS-Tagged Hikes - Well worth walking!
Hike from Seelisberg UR to Flüelen – Flüelen to Treib by paddle-steamer – Treib to Seelisberg by funicular railway.– Hiking Time - 4 hours, Distance - 15 Km, Uphill - 0 ca. m, Downhill - 430 ca. m Total Time 6 ¼ hours Starting point - Seelisberg Oberdorf. Link to GPS Track and Pictures This walk is part of the ‘Weg der Schweiz’ which was put together along 35 kilometres on the southern part of Lake Lucerne marking 700 years of the Swiss Eidgenossenschaft. Any stretch of this would be a great walk for folk wanting to show relatives or friends the ‘centre’ and ‘original three cantons’ of the country. The walking is easy, there are plenty of places for a picnic, several restaurants en route and thanks to the boats which stop at various points, one can shorten the hike or simply enjoy a boat trip as part of the excursion. On the part which we walked, apart from the drop (850 steps/350 metres) down to Bauen, the path is mostly flat following the shore of Lake Lucerne. Near Wissig, before the descent had properly started, we found a couple of children with selling small portions of goats’ cheese, with drinks and homemade cake for the hungry or thirsty wanderer. The views on this hike are really spectacular. The terrain alternates between sunny areas and, down by the lakeside, short tunnels and stretches in the shadow of the tall rock faces. Part of the way there is no alternative to walking along the side of the road, (very little traffic though) but at a couple of spots interest is added by fixed hooks in the rock face for those who fancy going straight up, presumably having found walking on the flat too boring. A couple of spots would be suitable for bathing too when the water warms up a bit. From a wildlife point of view, in the Reuss delta we saw various varieties of duck, including mallards with their young, and, right beside the path, a profusion of orchids. After the boat trip (on a sunny Sunday it is worth going first class on the paddle steamer) and having ascended to Seelisberg again by cable railway, we strolled up towards Oberdorf, taking a last look down over the Rütli Wiese – ‘the birthplace of the Eidgenossenschaft’.
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