Location: Switzerland
Date: May 22, 2016
Rigi is a lovely mountain (known by the Swiss as 'Queen of the Mountains') and also a very easy day trip from Zurich. Every hour, one can catch a train that gets one to Arth-Goldau in 45 min, where one can then take the RigiBahn cog railway up the mountain (another 45 minutes to the top; there are also several stops along the way). From the summit one gets a panoramic view of the Swiss Alps.
On what turned out to be a clear and lovely Sunday after my Saturday Ruinaulta hike, I went up Rigi Kulm via the cog railway, and hiked down part of the way to Klösterli, before catching the cog railway down.
Date: May 22, 2016
Rigi is a lovely mountain (known by the Swiss as 'Queen of the Mountains') and also a very easy day trip from Zurich. Every hour, one can catch a train that gets one to Arth-Goldau in 45 min, where one can then take the RigiBahn cog railway up the mountain (another 45 minutes to the top; there are also several stops along the way). From the summit one gets a panoramic view of the Swiss Alps.
On what turned out to be a clear and lovely Sunday after my Saturday Ruinaulta hike, I went up Rigi Kulm via the cog railway, and hiked down part of the way to Klösterli, before catching the cog railway down.
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| The Rigibahn |
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| Rigi Kulm Station |
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| Looking back while heading toward summit; station to left, restaurant to right. |
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| One of many surrounding lakes |
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| Breathtaking! |
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| Lake in adjacent valley |
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| Another valley, another lake :) |
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| Rigi - Queen of the Mountains! |
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| What a continuum of peaks! |
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| Making my way down |
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| View on the way down |
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| Approaching the next station |
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| The trail runs along the tracks |
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| Trail Signage |
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| Carved trunk at Klösterli |
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| Another carved trunk at Klösterli |
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