Fräkmüntegg - Schwändelberg - Horw
From Fräkmüntegg station, follow route 2b / A downhill via Trämelegg to Roteflue, where a rest area offers views of Stanserhorn and Titlis. A short detour leads to Schönenboden Hut (1,119 m), open on weekends and run by the Alpenfreunde Pilatus. About 100 metres lower lies Buholzerschwändi (1,018 m), a picnic spot with the Horw Ski Club hut, known as Buzi, open on Sundays from May to the end of August and offering views of Mount Rigi and the Pre Alps. After several bends through the forest, the trail reaches the 1977 Schwändelberg restaurant (721 m), a popular viewpoint. The path then continues across meadows and down forest switchbacks. Passing the Grisige clay pit, which supplies the Horw Gettnau brickworks, the route descends via Grisigenstrasse, past the A2 motorway and Sternenried, to Horw railway station.
- 2:10 h
- 7.06 km
- 10 m
- 970 m
- 441 m
- 1,411 m
- 970 m
- Start: Fräkmüntegg
- Destination: Horw
Waypoints
Good to know
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Tour information
Stop at an Inn
Equipment
- Sturdy footwear, a rain jacket and sufficient drinking water are essential for every hike.
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting thereTake the A2 motorway to the Lucerne-Kriens exit, then follow Route 2a to Apotheke Spani, turn left there and continue to the valley station of the Kriens panoramic gondola lift.ParkingAt the valley station of the Kriens panoramic gondola liftPublic transportationTake the SBB to Kriens, Mattenhof station and then the bus to the Pilatus railways.
Author
Luzern Tourismus
Organization
Lucerne Tourisme
