Winter hiking trail little Melchaa gorge

The hike leads from Giswil station to the northern end of the village and further to the Zollhaus inn.

Through the south exit of the motorway tunnel, you reach Tobelsträsschen. Follow it uphill until it bends into the narrow gorge. Deep below, the water of the little Melchaa rushes, squeezing through narrow rock basins. At Cholplatz, there is a shelter and a board that informs about the interesting locations and stories you pass in the gorge one after another: Bettlernest, Dom, Giswiler Hüttli Lochcheller, Tuffgräben, Lengbrügg up to the endpoint 977 of the winter hike at Rindenhüttli.

Here the path branches and leads further up in summer to the center of Switzerland at Älggi. The winter hike returns the same way out of the gorge and down through the Grossmattwald forest; also a popular sledding trail - to Zollhaus and under the road to the lakeside path. Southwards, you return along the little Melchaa, which was diverted directly into Lake Sarnen in 2015, back to Giswil. As an alternative, you can also hike northwards on the lakeside path to Ewil Maxon station or to Sachseln.