- 04:15 h
- 1,220 m
- 50 m
- 444 m
- 2,099 m
- 1,655 m
- 7.84 km
- Start: Hergiswil or Alpgschwänd
- Destination: Pilatus Kulm
From Hergiswil an ascent for the sporty. With the Alpgschwänd cableway we save a good 400 metres in altitude; the cableway is included in the march time and altitude calculation.
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Best to visit
suitable
Depends on weather
Directions
Behind the Restauant Alpgschwänd the path climbs through the forest and then steadily uphill towards the chapel on the "Klimsensattel". The red large cabins float above us to the Pilatus Kulm. Next to the newly renovated chapel stood the elegantly furnished Hotel Klimsenhorn until the middle of the last century, built thirty years before the cogwheel railway to Pilatus. In many zigzags we reach the Pilatus Circular Path and through the "Chriesiloch" we head for the summit. The return trip with the cogwheel railway to Alpnachstad is a delight.
Equipment
Eine gute Ausrüstung inkl. Regen- und Wärmeschutz ist empfohlen.
Directions & Parking facilities
Bei der Talstation sind genügend Parkplätze vorhanden. Die Talstation liegt gleich neben den Parkplätzen.
Der Bahnhof Hergiswil ist zentral gelegen.
Additional information
More information:
Nidwalden Tourismus
Bahnhofplatz 2
6370 Stans
+41 (0)41 610 88 33
info@nidwalden.com
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Nidwalden Tourismus
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