08^Oct Sun
09:15

Route: Parking Seilbahn Chlital Gietisflue - Gitschen  - Musenalp - Parking Seilbahn Chlital Gietisflue

Additional info about the tour can be found here:

https://www.hikr.org/dir/Gitschen_2068/  

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: Parking Seilbahn Chlital Gietisflue at 9:15

How to get there by public transportation: there is no public transportation to Parking Seilbahn Chlital Gietisflue, the closest point is Isenthal Post which is additional 2km from the starting point. In this case from Zürich HB train IC02 departure at 07:05, then change in Arth Goldau change again in Altdorf and take bus 405 to Isenthal Post, arrival at 8:45. If you are coming by public transportation please note that the last bus from Isenthal Post is at 17:11

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

GPX track: please download it and then upload it on your mobile by using your preferred map app and make yourself familiar with the hike like if you have to do it on your own.

Pace: 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.

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