WALENSTADT TO ZIEGELBRÜCKE

Statistics:

• Started: Walenstadt @ 08:15 
• Finished: Ziegelbrücke @ 15:00 
• Distance: ca. 25km (~15.5 miles)
• Elevation: ↗︎ 978m , ↘︎ 996m

Last Saturday I wanted to test a little if I was totally over-optimistic in thinking that we can hike 30km+ on the Te Araroa this fall. The higher regions of Switzerland are still quite cold and partially snowy and also it was supposed to rain in the afternoon. So I chose a path that I wanted to hike on since a long time: along the Walensee, a lake in Switzerland next to a steep rising mountain range, the Churfirsten. There are some little places that are only reachable by boat (or by foot), as there is no street on that side of the lake.

There is a nice description of the tour here outdooractive.com: von-walenstadt-nach-weesen (German)

Usually you can end the hike in Weesen and take a bus to the next train station. But I wanted to test my endurance, so I walked the remaining ~2km to the next train statin in Ziegelbrücke and I really enjoyed that last bit of the walk as well.

Starting in cute old Walenstadt...

.. final stretch to Weesen and then to Ziegelbrücke.