Höhronen Tour

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Logo Höhronen Tour
Tour data
32.98km
756 - 1,158m
Distance
860hm
867hm
Ascent
03:00h
 
Duration
Brief description
A pleasurable, undulating tour along the pre-Alpine Höhronen hills. Between the start and finish in Einsiedeln, bikers pass two moors, look down on two lakes and enjoy the panorama of the Ybrig mountains.

 

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Route
Einsiedeln (881 m)
Foto-Spot Kloster Einsiedeln
0.4 km
Einsiedeln
0.7 km
St. Gangulf
0.8 km
Seglerbeizli
2.5 km
Restaurant Krone
6.1 km
Restaurant Zum Paradies
9.1 km
Schindellegi
11.7 km
St.-Anna-Kirche
11.7 km
Restaurant zum Hirschen
11.8 km
Restaurant Raten
22.5 km
Bergbeizli St. Jost
23.6 km
Steinstoss-Stubli
25.9 km
3. Altmatt
27.8 km
Altmatt (920 m)
27.8 km
Rössli
28.0 km
Restaurant Schlüssel
28.7 km
Chatzenstrick (1,053 m)
30.2 km
Maria End
30.4 km
Einsiedeln (881 m)
32.5 km
Reformierte Kirche Einsiedeln
32.6 km
Einsiedeln
32.8 km


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Description
Starting in Einsiedeln, a place of pilgrimage with its impressive Abbey, the trail soon leads to Lake Sihl, the largest reservoir in Switzerland. At Egg (SZ), it crosses the river Sihl over the Devil's Bridge, part of the Way of St. James. Fascinating fact: the physician Paracelsus was born nearby in 1493. This is followed by a short, steep ascent that branches off before the top of the Etzel Pass. With Lake Zurich in view, bikers ride downhill to Schindellegi, back across the Sihl and uphill along the Höhronen.

Their eye is soon drawn by the colourful sight of the Schwantenau moorland reserve. Later, they will enjoy the distant view across the Rothenthurm moorland. Covering more than 100 hectares, this is Switzerland's largest upland moor and heathland, traversed by the small and meandering river Biber.

On the ridge of the Höhronen hills stands the border stone, marking the boundary between the cantons of Zurich, Schwyz and Zug. The route runs through the middle of the forest, but not all the way up: instead, it leads towards the Raten Pass and St. Jost Chapel with a magnificent view of the Ägeri Valley. Crossing the Rothenthurm moorland, which we admired from above earlier on, it takes us to Altmatt. Now comes the final obstacle on the tour: the Chatzenstrick. At the top, bikers are rewarded with a view across the monastery village of Einsiedeln with Lake Sihl and the Ybrig mountains in the background.

Highest point
1,158 m
Endpoint

Einsiedeln

Height profile
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Tips

Einsiedeln Monastery
Restaurant near St. Jost
Raten restaurant


Directions

Einsiedeln is 40 km from Zurich and 55 km from Lucerne. The drive from the Richterswil or Schindellegi exits of the A3 Zurich – Chur motorway to Einsiedeln takes 15 minutes.

Public transportation
Einsiedeln is well served by public transport.

The Swiss Federal Railways and Südostbahn railway company (SOB) run a half-hourly service to Einsiedeln from Zurich.

An hourly service to Einsiedeln is provided by the Voralpen Express railway company, which runs between Romanshorn in eastern Switzerland and the Lucerne conurbation.

Parking

Parking is available at Brüel AG and the MM Center Einsiedeln, as well as many other places. All are chargeable.


Author
The tour Höhronen Tour is used by outdooractive.com provided.

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