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title: "Tell-Trail | Hiking | Long-distance hiking"
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description: "The new Tell-Trail long-distance trail takes walkers right through the picturesque Lucerne – Lake Lucerne region from Altdorf to the Brienzer Rothorn. It can be completed in eight stages and takes in glittering mountain lakes, historic villages and world-famous destinations."
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Tell-Trail
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In eight stages from Altdorf to the Brienzer Rothorn

 

Tell-Trail: long-distance hiking in the heart of Switzerland.
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The new Tell-Trail long-distance trail takes walkers right through the picturesque Lucerne – Lake Lucerne region from Altdorf to the Brienzer Rothorn. It can be completed in eight stages and takes in glittering mountain lakes, historic villages, world-famous destinations and the “Big 6” of the Central Swiss mountains: Stoos, Rigi, Pilatus, Stanserhorn, Titlis and Brienzer Rothorn. Constant companions on the way include the widely varied flora and fauna and the spectacular mountain panorama.

 

Fact & Figures

- 8 daily stages
- 156 km of hiking
- Total elevation gain: 7,126m
- 6 mountains
- 11 lakes

 

The trail starts by the Tell Monument in Altdorf then makes a wide arc, in part following rivers to reach the Muotathal valley before ascending to Stoos and the Fronalpstock. It then heads for the Rigi, the Pilatus and the Stanserhorn and concludes on the Brienzer Rothorn after passing though Engelberg and Melchsee-Frutt.

**The entire route may be found** **.**

 

 

The 8 stages
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Book Tell-Trail
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Hiking the most beautiful part of Central Switzerland

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- Book hiking holidays on the Tell-Trail
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- Overnight stay in a tent on Alp Laucheren

 

Wandern auf einem Felsgrad in der Erlebnisregion Luzern-Vierwaldstättersee

Wandern in der Erlebnisregion Luzern-Vierwaldstättersee – Sommer in den Bergen

Klettern in der Erlebnisregion Luzern-Vierwaldstättersee

Tell-Trail Etappe 3 - Zwei Wanderinnen auf dem Schiff nach Luzern auf dem Vierwaldstättersee mit dem Pilatus und der Hammetschwand im Hintergrund

Tell-Trail Etappe 3 - Fahrt mit der Rigi Bahn