16^Mar Sun
08:35

The weather is not promising, anyway let's make a traditional hike to the Rigi, a.k.a. the queen of mountains.

Meeting point for fit hikers: SBB train station Immensee at 8:30 a.m. From there we will hike to Seebodenalp (approximately 1 hour hike).

Meeting point for less fit hikers: Seebodenalp at 09:45 a.m. 

Weather: light rain down, light snow from Seebodenalp, -4°C/0°C on top.

Route: T2/T3, between Seebodenalp and Rigi there will be some fresh snow.

Pace: Medium pace (400 m/h), for which you won't have any problem if you're doing sports regularly, in order to be back at the indicated time. 

Schedule (approx.)

• Carpool meeting time: if you are joining a car, check the info provided by your driver in the Carpool page.
• 08h35: Start hiking from Immensee SBB train station.
• 09h45: arrive at Seebodenalp, 15' break, joining the less fit hikers in front of the cable car station.
• 10h00 - 11h30: hiking from Seebodenalp to Rigi Staffel.
• 11h30 - 12h15: lunch break at Rigi Staffel.
• 12h45: Rigi Rotstock, top point of the day.
• 13h15 - 13h30: break at Rigi Chänzeli.
• 15h00: Seebodenalp.
• 16h00: Immensee.

Gear

Hiking boots with good grip, hiking poles, dress in layers, food and enough water for during the hike (at Rigi Staffel there is a restaurant). Spikes and gaiters are optional, I don't expect to find snow like last Saturday in Glarus ;-)

Important rules

 Applying to my events:

• No waiting for too slow participants. But don't worry, you can start hiking from Seebodenalp so the elevation gain for you will be about 750m.
• I am allowed to exclude participants.

Applying to Hiking Buddies:

• Unjoining allowed until 12 hours before the start of the event.
• No show causes a negative feedback on your profile.
• The organizer is no professional guide. Participants are responsible for themselves, must do their own research about the route, and must be able to navigate by themselves (in case the groups split for some reason, for example).

Transportation

This is a carpool event, possibly combined with people coming by public transports. Anyone else with a car can add it via the Carpool button at the top of this page.

If you join by public transports, see the guidelines further down. From Zürich HB:

Connection for fit hikers: Zürich HB 07:33 --> Immensee 08:28

Connection for less fit hikers: Zürich HB 08:10 --> Seebodenalp 09:40

Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LQ01tGA11cNKa7ktDz2zaB