23^Jul Sun
08:00

T5 hike with approx. 2300m elevation gain

Route: Golzern, Talstation Seilbahn – Bristenseehüttli – Bristen and then back on the same way

Some reports can be found here:

https://www.hikr.org/dir/Bristen_598/ped/

Grade: T5, which means: often pathless, individual easy climbing sections, exposed, challenging terrain, steep cliffs, bare glaciers and firn slopes which posed some risk of falling.

Further details about the grade can be found on SAC website:

https://www.sac-cas.ch/fileadmin/Ausbildung_und_Wissen/Sicher_unterwegs/Sicher_unterwegs_Wandern/2020_Berg_Alpinwanderskala_EN.pdf

and also here:

https://www.bergfreunde.eu/alpine-grades-calculator/

Starting point and time: Golzern, Talstation Seilbahn at 8:00.  

How to get there by public Transportation: From Zürich HB train IR46 departure at 06:05, then bus 401 from Erstfeld to Amsteg and finally Bus 407 to Golzern, Talstation Seilbahn, arrival at 7:57

Arrival point: Golzern, Talstation Seilbahn

What to take: hiking equipment warm enough for 3000m altitude, proper shoes (hiking boots or trail running shoes), food, enough water, sunscreen, sunglasses, tick spray, rain jacket.

Pace: the route is long, the pace must be fast enough to complete the hike before the departure of the last bus which is at 19:02, the plan is to have a pace of 500/600 m elevation gain per hour, please join only if you can keep this pace and you are comfortable doing a T5 hike.

GPX track: please download it and then upload it on your mobile by using your preferred map app.

Disclaimer: I'm not a guide - everyone hikes at their responsibility and risk. Before joining, be informed of the length and technical grade, study the hike like if you have to do it on your own and consider that this is not a hike for beginners.