Wednesday February 20, 2019 -- Lately we don't feel like traveling too far for our winter hikes, so we did something "unusual": We went up our local mountain for a 3-hour walk in the snowy landscape in the sunshine looking down on the city we live in.
We had never been up here in winter before, but less than two weeks ago we got loads of snow, which is unusual for here, so we figured just once at least, we should see what this upper moor looks like in winter. As pretty as it was, we were already too late for good winter conditions, as the walking trails were already soft and in places slippery (melting during the day, freezing at night) and the roads were dry. For a bit of "excitement", we found an official though narrow winter trail through the woods, which turned out to be really slippery for our hiking boots!
On a very clear day you can see far into the Alps from here, but for us it the day unfortunately turned hazy.
All told, the round tour back to the funicular station was 11 km. We had lunch on the sunny terrace at about the half-way point... unfortunately overpriced for what we got, and once again unlucky with chain smokers nearby.
But lots of sunshine, and a short trip back home.....
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| You take the funicular to get up to the top of Mount Zugerberg |
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| There are some nice views from up here, but you can see the snow has melted quite a bit already. |
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| Observing where we live (red arrow) and the field where the National Wrestling Championships are going to take place in August of this year. Just 600m away. 350,000 people are expected.... |
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| The place for the arena (which will hold 56,000 people) has already been marked. |
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| The snow was already soft, but it was sunny and pleasant, almost too warm. |
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| When the air is clear, you can see all the way to the Glarner Alps in the East |
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| This upper plateau is actually a moor landscape |
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| We peeked into a barn and wondered what the black thing was. Cow poop?.... |
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| No, it was this little guy! |
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| Looking westward across the plateau toward Mount Rigi (on the other side of Lake Zug) and Mount Pilatus near Lucerne |
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| Eating lunch on the sunny terrace at the Pfaffenboden restaurant at the half-way point of our walk |
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| An Alphorn player |
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| Returning past the little chapel called "Buschenchäppeli" |
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| The main road back was all asphalt, so we took a lesser-used trail through the woods. It was a little slippery, but more interesting |
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| Up here are several interactive stations for children, this one shows the different sounds made by different type of wood |
VIDEO: A little bit of fun with the wooden chimes...
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| This hike also ended up to be about 10 km and took us 3 hours to walk |
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