Just imagine that in earlier times two competing companies vied for the favors of Rigi visitors. One of the cogwheel trains (inaugurated 1875), coming from Arth-Goldau, opened up the Rigi flank. The other, starting from Vitznau, climbed up the mountain as Europe’s first mountain train (constructed 1871). Not before 1990 did the two companies cement their cooperation by building two switch points at Rigi Staffel. Subsequently, they merged into today’s Rigi-Bahnen.
South of Rigi Staffel one first follows the line of the former Vitznau-Rigi train up to the point where the line branches off and then walks down across the meadows to the Chänzeli (1464m) vantage point. Here one overlooks the entire Lake Lucerne (also called Vierwaldstättersee) with its many coves. The last stage of the tour is a short descent to the pretty village-like settlement of Rigi Kaltbad (1438m).
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