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title: "Fräkmüntegg - Schwändelberg - Horw"
url: "https://www.luzern.com/en/tour/fraekmuentegg-schwaendelberg-horw"
description: "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."
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Fräkmüntegg - Schwändelberg - Horw
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- 7.06 km long
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Great panorama
- Hike

Family friendly scenic downhill hike from Fräkmüntegg via Schwändelberg along the cantonal border to Horw with views of Lake Lucerne and the city.

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.

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- 2:10 h
- 7.06 km
- 10 m
- 970 m
- 441 m
- 1,411 m
- 970 m
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- Start: Fräkmüntegg
- Destination: Horw

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Start

Start

Fräkmüntegg

- Fireplace

- Fireplace

- Fireplace

Destination

Destination

Horw

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Tour information

- Refreshment stop

Equipment

Sturdy footwear, a rain jacket and sufficient drinking water are essential for every hike.

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Getting there**Take 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.

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**Parking**At the valley station of the Kriens panoramic gondola lift

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**Public transportation**Take the SBB to Kriens, Mattenhof station and then the bus to the Pilatus railways.

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Author

Luzern Tourismus

Organization

Lucerne Tourisme

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