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From Herigiswil to Pilatus

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Alpgschwänd towards Klimsenhorn and Hergiswil
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Hergiswil – Alpgschwänd (cable car) – Klimsensattel – Pilatus

difficult

Distance 7.8 km

4:15 h

1,220 m

50 m

2,099 m

444 m

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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Nidwalden Tourismus

Update: May 06, 2021

Difficulty

difficult

Technique

Stamina

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Landscape

Highest point

2,099 m

Lowest point

444 m

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0.9 km

Nature trail

0.2 km

Path

4.8 km

Road

0.4 km

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1.6 km

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Tips and hints

More information:

Nidwalden Tourismus
Bahnhofplatz 2
6370 Stans
+41 (0)41 610 88 33
info@nidwalden.com
nidwalden.com

More hiking trails: nidwalden.com/hiking

Start

Hergiswil or Alpgschwänd (448 m)

Coordinates:

SwissGrid

2'666'314E 1'203'836N

46.982279, 8.310263

DMS

46°58'56.2"N 8°18'36.9"E

UTM

32T 447545 5203425

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Destination

Pilatus Kulm

Turn-by-turn 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.

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Public-transport-friendly

Coordinates

SwissGrid

2'666'314E 1'203'836N

46.982279, 8.310263

DMS

46°58'56.2"N 8°18'36.9"E

UTM

32T 447545 5203425

w3w

///dull.cape.flannel

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Difficulty

difficult

Distance

7.8 km

Duration

4:15 h

Ascent

1,220 m

Descent

50 m

Highest point

2,099 m

Lowest point

444 m

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