Hiking on Mt Rigi: Urmiberg to Rigi-Kaltbad

In preparation for our Tibet-Nepal overland tour in less than two weeks we decided to work on our physical condition last weekend and went hiking with our friend M. Zoli. Our choice was one of the classic alpine routes in Mt Rigi, a 5-hour-hiking tour with splendid alpine panorama: 4 lakes seen almost simultaneously deep below surrounded by the Swiss Alps and lots of Milka-cows all around.

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We started our tour in Brunnen on the shore of Lake Luzern by taking a small cable-car up to Urmiberg, then continued our way along the Gätterlipass to Rigi-Scheidegg (1.545m).  High above lake Luzern we had a wonderful panorama all-around:

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After a short lunch break at Rigi-Scheidegg we continued our trail to Rigi-Kaltbad, where we took the Rigi-Bahn down to Vitznau. It was time for a well-deserved, real Swiss dinner... too bad our favorite "Roestli- restaurant" at the Tellskapelle changed their business direction and 'Swiss roestli' was not on the menu any more (so we choose to go rather for a Mexican dish next door).

See more photos of this tour here.