Stage 7: Altdorf (UR) → Engelberg

Via Alpina · Day 7 of 20 · km 131 of 392

Distance

29.5 km

Ascent

+2,056 m

Descent

−1,519 m

Estimated average time

10 h 45 min

Highest 2,292 m · lowest 449 m

29.5 kilometres, 2,056 metres of ascent, 1,519 metres of descent, 10 hours 45 minutes of walking, an estimated average; highest point at 2,292 metres, lowest at 449 metres.

Technique: medium · fitness: hard

What Clotilde says

Vaduz → Montreux

Here's the longest stage in the guide: 29.5 km and 2056 m of climbing over the day, with the Surenenpass as its high point. Allow 10 h 45 min of walking, not counting breaks. If a marmot whistles as you pass, don't take it personally: it's warning its neighbours that an eagle might be about. Tonight, Engelberg Abbey watches over the village, as it has since 1120.

Montreux → Vaduz

You leave Engelberg and its abbey for the longest stage in the guide, 29.5 km. The day's 1519 m of climbing, Surenenpass included, are fine. It's the day's 2056 m of descent that will remind you that you have knees. Allow 10 h and one extra sandwich. The marmots, meanwhile, have all summer for a nap.

Along the way

• Engelberg Abbey This Benedictine abbey was founded in 1120 by the nobleman Konrad of Sellenbüren, on his own land.

In the nature guide

Alpine marmot

Sources: Wikipedia, "Abbaye d'Engelberg" (French); Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, "Engelberg (monastery)" and "Sellenbüren, Konrad von".

See on SwitzerlandMobility (new tab)

Distances, ascents, walking times and route: Federal Roads Office FEDRO, cantons, SwitzerlandMobility Foundation — Hiking in Switzerland (ch.astra.wanderland), open data OPEN BY.