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title: "Bonistock circular route"
url: "https://www.luzern.com/en/tour/bonistock-circular-route"
description: "The route starts at the «old upper terminus» at Melchsee-Frutt. The path follows the road up to the Frutt Mountain Resort and then changes behind the building onto the hiking trail towards Bonistock. Along the way, you can discover a diverse alpine flora. The impressive karst landscape with its bizarre rock formations is also worth seeing. The ascent to Bonistock is rewarded with a fantastic panoramic view over Central Switzerland all the way to the German border and the imposing peaks of the Bernese Alps. From here, the route continues flat to the Chringen passage and then downhill towards Tannalp. On the way back, the Fachshubel barbecue site by the Tannen lake invites you to take a break. Then the path follows the road back to the Tannen dam and from there continues on the hiking trail via the panorama lift back to the village."
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Bonistock circular route
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- 9.62 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Hike

The Bonistock circular route at Melchsee-Frutt offers spectacular views of impressive rock landscapes and mountain lakes as well as a unique alpine flora.

The route starts at the «old upper terminus» at Melchsee-Frutt. The path follows the road up to the Frutt Mountain Resort and then changes behind the building onto the hiking trail towards Bonistock. Along the way, you can discover a diverse alpine flora. The impressive karst landscape with its bizarre rock formations is also worth seeing. The ascent to Bonistock is rewarded with a fantastic panoramic view over Central Switzerland all the way to the German border and the imposing peaks of the Bernese Alps. From here, the route continues flat to the Chringen passage and then downhill towards Tannalp.

On the way back, the Fachshubel barbecue site by the Tannen lake invites you to take a break. Then the path follows the road back to the Tannen dam and from there continues on the hiking trail via the panorama lift back to the village.

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- 2:50 h
- 9.62 km
- 289 m
- 396 m
- 1,894 m
- 2,182 m
- 288 m
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- Start: Melchsee-Frutt: old upper terminus
- Destination: Melchsee-Frutt: old upper terminus

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Tour information

- Circular trail

Directions & Parking facilities

**Getting there**From Lucerne take the A8 to Sarnen and use the Sarnen Nord exit towards Kerns/Melchsee-Frutt.

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**Public transportation**By train to Sarnen and by PostBus to Stöckalp, then by gondola lift to Melchsee-Frutt.

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Author

Obwalden Tourismus

Organization

Obwalden Tourismus

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

If you want to shorten the hike, you can return from Tannalp by the Frutt train.

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