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This tour for beginners with just a few inclines and declines leads through the landscape around the two Schwendi Lakes. Without major efforts you can enjoy the winter landscape and the view to Chäserrugg and the Alpstein massif.

Description

The snowshoe trail around the Schwendi Lakes is perfectly suitable for beginners and starts in Oberdorf on 1,230 metres. The starting and end point can be reached with the chairlift of Wildhaus.

The route leads over the soft flanks of Freienalp down to and around the Schwendi Lakes. It is just slightly declining and has rarely challenging parts, thus one can completely concentrate on the landscape. Because it has a lot to offer: fairy-tale winter motifs made of reed and gnarly dead wood in the upland moor around Schwendi Lake, the wilderness of Seichbergwald, Chäserrugg, which steeply rising behind it and the opposite valley side of Alpstein with the prominent Schafberg of Wildhaus in the front.

At the destination of the snowshoe tour the mountain restaurant Oberdorf invites to enjoy local specialities. For example “Schlorzifladen”, a Toggenburg speciality with a filling made of prunes.

An enjoyable tour includes the careful planning of the same. Please inform yourself in advance at the local information center about the route and weather conditions. Depending on the season and weather conditions, this route may be blocked or interrupted

Technical information

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Start location
Wildhaus, Oberdorf
Destination
Wildhaus, Oberdorf
Ascent
180 m
Descent
180 m
Distance
4 km
Duration
1 h 55 min
Physical requirements
Medium
Signalization
Signalisation in both directions
More information https://schweizmobil.ch/en/snowshoe-trekking/route...

Map

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Contact

Toggenburg Tourismus
Hauptstrasse 104
9658  Wildhaus

Phone  +41 (0)71 999 99 11
info@toggenburg.swiss
toggenburg.swiss

Quick Facts

Route number

No. 712

Distance

4 km

Duration

1 h 55 min

Ascent

180 m

Travel information: Wildhaus

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