Geo-Trail Escholzmatt

3:00 h
11.52 km
249 m
249 m
780 m
975 m
195 m
Start: Escholzmatt train station
Destination: Escholzmatt train station

From various perspectives around the village of Escholzmatt, you can admire the hilly landscape with its lush green meadows and pleasantly shady forests. Inevitably, the rounded hills in the valley catch your eye, and you wonder how they might have formed.

On a three-hour well-signposted circular route, interested parties gain insight into the geology and geomorphology of the area. Along the way, four information boards explain the Alpine folding, the geology, the molasse, the ice ages, and the landscape forms. The path can also be very well explored in different stages. Starting from Escholzmatt train station, it leads over rounded mounds, through a meltwater channel, over a leveling area, and offers views into the landscape around Escholzmatt, shaped by glaciers and rivers.

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Directions

Escholzmatt train station- Lehn-Waldbüel-Zopf-Hutten-Gigen-Escholzmatt train station

Tour information

Loop Road
Nature Highlight

Equipment

Good footwear, rain jacket & enough drinking water for the trip are essential for every hike.

More tips for safe hiking, information about suckler cow herds and livestock guardian dogs, and much more can be found on the Swiss Hiking Trails website.

Directions & Parking facilities

The UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch is located in the heart of Switzerland, centrally between Bern and Lucerne.

You can reach Escholzmatt from Lucerne via main road 10 towards Wolhusen, Schüpfheim to Escholzmatt.

From Bern, take main road 10 via Langnau in the Emmental towards Escholzmatt.

Coming from Basel or Zurich, you can reach us via motorways A1 and A2, exit Dagmersellen, through Willisau, Wollhusen, Entlebuch, Schüpfheim to Escholzmatt.

A paid parking lot is available at the Escholzmatt train station.

You can reach Escholzmatt by public transport via the Bern-Lucerne railway line.

Plan your trip with the SBB online timetable.

Additional information

Escholzmatt-Marbach Tourism
Tourism Info Escholzmatt
Bahnhofstrasse 16
6182 Escholzmatt
Phone +41 (0)41 486 01 30
www.escholzmatt-marbach-tourismus.ch

Literature

Detailed information about the geomorphology of Escholzmatt can be found here.
The brochure can also be ordered directly from the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch.

Author

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

Organization

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

Website

License (master data)

UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

At the Escholzmatt train station, there is the Biosphere shop with many delicious local products, such as Schintbühl ice cream, Fidirulla pasta, and Zyberliland products. Tea, honey, cheese, dried meat, and fine brandy from the Studer distillery are also available in the shop.

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