(slightly less steep down than: https://www.hiking-buddies.com/routes/routes_list/5339/)
Example itinerary:
Meeting point and time: 9:30 Ziegelbrucke
Getting there
Getting back
- By public transport: Many trains back to Zurich
Pace: Moderate pace. ~450 elevation per hour, spending ~3.5 hours going up.
Schedule
- 9:35-9:45 Introduction round
- 9:45-11:45 hike 900 elevation meters, 4km, to Unternätenalp (at 1321 elevation)
- 11:45-12:15 lunch break at Unternätenalp
- 12:15 group picture #1
- 12:15-13:30 hike 550 elevation meters, 2.5km, to the top (at 1865 elevation)
- 13:30-14:30 long break at the top (peak spotting)
- 14:30 group picture #2
- 14:30-17:30 descent 1400 elevation, 8km
- (If by car, optional swim: https://maps.app.goo.gl/x4nB2WLsbqxNYV8H9. Parking in weekends probably: https://maps.app.goo.gl/SMRGVVMLdm5TgYH6A. It doesn't look like there's a swimming place at Ziegelbrucke itself.)
Please note that if you cannot keep up with 450 elevation an hour, we cannot wait for you. We don't want to hold up the whole group. Please note that if you want to go faster, I request you to wait at the breaks.
Grade: T3, slightly challenging, not alpine. Steep.