Via Alpina · Day 9 of 20 · km 173 of 392
Distance 22.2 km
Ascent +731 m
Descent −1,968 m
Estimated average time 7 h Highest 2,244 m · lowest 598 m
2,244 m 22.2 kilometres, 731 metres of ascent, 1,968 metres of descent, 7 hours of walking, an estimated average; highest point at 2,244 metres, lowest at 598 metres.
Technique: medium · fitness: hard
What Clotilde says
A fine ridge first, then the big descent: 1968 m down to Meiringen. Your knees will have something to say, so listen to them and take your time. On the way, look for the spotted nutcracker, a brown bird speckled with white. It hides thousands of Swiss stone pine seeds and forgets a few: that's how it plants the forest!
From Meiringen to the Engstlenalp, it's uphill: 1968 m of climbing and 8 h 15 min of walking. Good news: at the top, a ridge and a mountain lake are waiting. In the stone pine forests, the spotted nutcracker hides its seeds for the winter and finds almost all its caches again, even under snow. Your turn: find your water bottle.
Sources: Swiss Ornithological Institute and Swiss National Park, spotted nutcracker profiles.
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Distances, ascents, walking times and route: Federal Roads Office FEDRO, cantons, SwitzerlandMobility Foundation — Hiking in Switzerland (ch.astra.wanderland) , open data OPEN BY.
