Braunwald Details:

Location: Braunwald

Distance: 9 km

Elevation: 478 m (of which is mostly gained at the first 3 km of the trail – check map link to decide if this is a good hike for you)

Important Details:

another hike involving trains and gondolas, so timetable is not so flexible.

travel time 1 hr to destination (so a prompt departure is important).

Please check weather conditions and dress accordingly https://www.braunwald.ch/Aktuell/Wetter-Webcams

8:30 meet for headcount and carpool coordination at the new assembly area, forest clearing past the Lidl.

9:40 park and buy tickets (Lintal- Grotzenbüel +return, bring halbtax/swisspass/GA)

9:55 train from Linthal to Braunwald.

Braunwald is another car-free village, we’ll walk to the funicular in Hüttenberg, and from there catch another funicular to Grotzenbüel, altitude 1559, where we start the hike.

13:30 at the latest, we need to catch the Grotzenbüel funicular back to Hüttenberg, then walk to the train

13:55 train back from Braunwald to Linthal

15:00 LS

Time: 3 hrs (not including lunch and funicular transition time)

Park at: Talstation Linthal (Braunwaldbahn): Stachelbergstrasse 2 8783 Linthal *not to confuse with Linthal train station!

Cost: Linthal-return 32 CHF , halbtax 22CHF