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description: "The Moorweg offers a lot of variety: You walk on gravel roads, on animal tracks, and over wooden plank paths through a mosaic of different habitats. The route leads through wide, open areas and through forests where attentive hikers can hear various animal sounds. You start at Biberbrugg station and branch off from the road route through the Witi raised bog. You cross the Biber River and walk over the reed meadows. At the Bibersteg, you follow the path for a stretch along the Biber. The path is generally well signposted as SwitzerlandMobility Route 835. On the way towards Rothenthurm, barbecue spots and benches invite you to rest. The moorlands in Rothenthurm became nationally known in the 1980s when a popular initiative to protect the moors prevented the construction of a military training area. Thus, Rothenthurm was the first Swiss moorland to be placed under nature protection. At the destination, you can still see the Letziturm and the parish church of St. Antonius."
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Moorweg Rothenthurm
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- 11.05 km long
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Great panorama
- Theme trail
- Hike

On the Moorweg, you experience the great diversity of the moorland in all its facets: raised bogs, fen mires, and a freely meandering stream rich in niches and floodplains.

The Moorweg offers a lot of variety: You walk on gravel roads, on animal tracks, and over wooden plank paths through a mosaic of different habitats. The route leads through wide, open areas and through forests where attentive hikers can hear various animal sounds.

You start at Biberbrugg station and branch off from the road route through the Witi raised bog. You cross the Biber River and walk over the reed meadows. At the Bibersteg, you follow the path for a stretch along the Biber. The path is generally well signposted as SwitzerlandMobility Route 835. On the way towards Rothenthurm, barbecue spots and benches invite you to rest. The moorlands in Rothenthurm became nationally known in the 1980s when a popular initiative to protect the moors prevented the construction of a military training area. Thus, Rothenthurm was the first Swiss moorland to be placed under nature protection. At the destination, you can still see the Letziturm and the parish church of St. Antonius.

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- 2:45 h
- 11.05 km
- 78 m
- 171 m
- 830 m
- 930 m
- 100 m
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- Start: Biberbrugg station
- Destination: Rothenthurm station

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Pavements

Street (7%)

Asphalt (11%)

Gravel (3%)

Trail (63%)

Path (16%)

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Directions

Biberbrugg 830 m above sea level - Bibersteg 908 m above sea level - Almigforen 907 m above sea level - Möslibrugg 910 m above sea level - Rothenthurm 920 m above sea level

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Tour information

- Nature highlight

Directions & Parking facilities

**Getting there**

Biberbrugg is located on the H8 between Pfäffikon and Schwyz.

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**Parking**

Parking spaces at the station.

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**Public transportation**

By train to Biberbrugg station.

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Author

Schwyzer Wanderwege

Organization

Schwyzer Wanderwege

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

During the bird breeding season from March 15 to July 15, certain path sections are closed. The detour routes are well signposted.

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