Rinderweidhorn

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Logo Rinderweidhorn
Tour data
28.14km
413 - 1,293m
Distance
958hm
945hm
Ascent
04:36h
 
Duration
Brief description

This tour is a great early or late season tour for relatively fit beginners to mountain biking. 

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Starting point

Lachen Train Station

Route
Lachen (408 m)
Lachen SZ (417 m)
0.1 km
Oberdorf
0.2 km
Galgenen
2.3 km
Kapelle St. Jost
2.5 km
Gschwänd
9.2 km
Alpwirtschaft Gueteregg
17.1 km
Gueteregg
17.1 km
St. Meinrad
23.6 km
Pfäffikon (416 m)
27.6 km
Zentrum Staldenbach
28.0 km


Best season
Jan
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Description

This tour is a great early or late season tour for relatively fit beginners to mountain biking. The first climb is quite long and unrelenting with about 900m of vertical in one go not long after leaving the train station in Lachen. Once at the top of this there is a perfect rest spot with stunning views over Wagitalersee that can be enjoyed before continuing along the undulating gravel roads towards St. Meinrad. The most difficult sections of singletrail can be easily avoided if neccesary. 

Directions
From Lachen train station ride east until you get to the Motorway cross the Motorway and take the second street to the left towards Steinegg. Pass under the Autobahn and turn right in Steinegg, cross the river and keep riding past Chapellhof. Follow the road around to point 437 and turn right to start the climb.  

Keep following the paved road up Vorderbergstrasse towards Pfifegg the road remains paved but relatively steep for a number of kilometres. Keep following signs for a ski hut and eventually the road will become unpaved and shortly after turns to the left. You are now near the top of the climb and the lookout over Wagitalersee (Pfifegg). As the route starts to flatten off a little look out for a turn off where another unpaved road turn almost back on itself to your left towards a wooden farm building. The view from this building is well worth taking in and it serves as a great place to have a rest after the climb.

Once you have rested enough turn around and ride back down to the road you came up, but turn left instead of going back where you came from and ride on towards Rinderweidhorn. At Rinderweidhorn turn right and follow the mainly unpaved road following signposts towards Gueteregg where there is a small mountain restaurant. 

From Gueteregg there is a single trail that leads towards St. Meinrad. Follow this single trail, if you don't mind the extra few metres of climbing take the trail up to Stöcklichreuz. In general the single trail here is not overly technical and suitable for intermediate bikers. 

Shortly after Chornlisegg the road becomes paved again, there is a single trail that veers right off the road which allows you to ride trail almost the whole way down to St. Meinrad  

From St. Meinrad turn right on the paved and just as you leave the village there is a small trail and some steps going down steeply to the left which rejoins the paved road a little lower down. You can take this trail and keep following it the whole way to Pfaffikon. 

Highest point
1,293 m
Endpoint

Pfäffikon SZ Train Station

Height profile
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Equipment

A good hardtail or full suspension mountain bike is ideal for this tour. 

Safety instructions

In early May there may still be short sections of snow which you will need to walk through near the top of the climb. 

Tips

This tour is particularly nice on a sunny day in May or June.

Additional information
Bring a packed lunch to enjoy while looking at the view from Pfifegg.

For more of our favourite tours remember to check out www.swissalpineadventure.com - tours. 


Directions

Take the A3 from Zurich. Exit Lachen and follow signposts to the train station. 

Public transportation
There are regular trains from Zurich to Lachen at X:18, X:43 and X:48. (where X is the hour).

See www.sbb.ch for more info. 

Parking

Car parking is available near the train station in either Lachen or Pfäffikon SZ


Author
The tour Rinderweidhorn is used by outdooractive.com provided.

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