Small Walk with friends at Lake Arnisee near Gurtnellen

(This post published on December 8, 2023)

October 3, 2014 -- Short walk with friends from USA in one of Urs' favourite places: Lake Arnisee, near the village of Gurtnellen, where his father was born and grew up.

This is the small cable-car which you can take from Intschi along the main road down in the Reuss Valley. The summit station is just a couple of minutes from Lake Arnisee.

Lake Arnisee

Here's our friend Carrie taking lots of photos of this beautiful landscape

This is the summer cabin and small shop for one of the mountain farmers here. They sell their homemade cheese and joghurts here. 

We're heading on a small walk to a look-out point called Heissigegg. This is a look behind us back to the lake. 

Here is a side valley called Leitschach Valley. You can do a really nice hike up into that valley. 

Our photo bench at Heissigegg

Time for a snack!

Cute cows here, they are a gray colour.

The cows at Heissigegg

Heading back to the lake again. 

This is a look across the Reuss Valley into the Maderanertal Valley

Back at the lake, we are taking a little detour to a look-out point called the Chänzeli

At the Chänzeli look-out point we can see down to the power plant in Amsteg, and the road up into the beautiful Maderanertal. 

Urs is telling about his relationship with the Maderander Valley. His maternal grandmother is from there. 

A look into the Reuss Valley and Mount Bristen

And now we are heading back to the cable-car for the ride back down to Intschi where our friends' rental car is parked. 

The Intschi-Arnisee cable-car starts right here on the Old Gotthard Road for easy access...

The Intschi-Arnisee cable-way and our small walk from Lake Arnisee. 

Our small walk from Arnisee to Heissigegg and the look-out point.