Tell Trail Stage 8: Lungern - Brienzer Rothorn - Sörenberg

The start of the hike is the village of Lungern at the emerald-green Lake Lungern. After a short walk you reach the valley station of the Lungern-Turren cable car and comfortably float up to Turren. From here you hike via Rückenegg and Zwischenegg over the Eisee saddle to the Brienzer Rothorn. A 360° panorama unfolds on the highest mountain in Lucerne; over 690 peaks are visible in good weather, and with some luck you can also catch a glimpse of the large ibex colony. Added to this is the turquoise-blue Lake Brienz and the view into the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch – simply fantastic. Once the camera is packed away again, the newly renovated summit restaurant Rothorn offers fine local menus to recharge your batteries for the second part and the descent. Along the ridge and with a magnificent view, the path leads to Lättgässli. Here you descend steeply for a short time on a concrete staircase and then continue again in open terrain towards Blattenegg. From here, the landscape changes to alpine pastures and moorlands – these are particularly numerous in Entlebuch. Bogs are among the rarest and most valuable habitats in Switzerland. The UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch includes a total of 46 raised and transitional bogs as well as 68 flat bogs of national importance with an area of about 26 km². Once you arrive at the mountain station of the Rossweid gondola, the destination is reached. A comfortable gondola ride back down to the valley at Sörenberg completes the eighth and last stage of the Tell Trail.

INFORMATION: From July 6, 2024, the Sörenberg-Brienzerhorn cable car will be back in operation. From this point, the Tell Trail stage 8 can be shortened from the Brienzer Rothorn by cable car.

Walking time: approx. 5.5 hours | Hiking distance approx. 15 km (without cable cars) | ascent 1,170 m (with cable cars 1,992 m) | descent 480 m (with cable cars: 1,530 m)