A Short Walk along the Waldstätterweg: Greppen to Hertenstein

(NOTE: This post was actually created on Jan.1,2021)

Wednesday November 27, 2019 -- I had some business to take care of in the town of Küssnacht am Rigi, which is a town only a few kilometers from home at the base of Mt. Rigi and on Lake Lucerne, and a starting point for lots of hikes along the lake.

We started with an extra-large pizza lunch in Holzhäusern on the way, then walked for an hour along the lake-side trail from Greppen to Hertenstein, where we boarded a boat for the trip to Lucerne, from where we took the train home.

This wasn't really a hike for us, just an afternoon walk in order to get some fresh air on a partially sunny late November day without snow. For me it was of interest as it's another short section of Trail no.98: The 115-km trail that runs around the perimeter of Lake Lucerne, of which we have done almost the entire trail in many sections. 

From the bus stop on a section of Trail no.98: Waldstätterweg, it's only an hour to Hertenstein, where we plan to catch a boat. Just a nice walk on a late November afternoon

First along the trail is a lovely farm with its own outdoor café. So many farms here have solar panels to create their own electricity

Many of the private farms around the area offer other services to supplement their income. This one has a cute café

This farm also has an inhouse shop offering local products, but mostly they sell their own distilled spirits.

Heading down the road to the trail

Walking Southwest along Lake Lucerne, with Mount Pilatus in the background

Everything here is still lovely and green at the end of November!

Late afternoon sunshine in the forests

Pastoral landscape

Clouds are unfortunately moving in

Sun is setting and the clouds are moving in

Late afternoon at Hertenstein on Lake Luzern. In the background is Mount Pilatus

In the background, there is still some sunshine on Mount Rigi (with the town of Weggis below)

A view to the West to the mountains in Schwyz and Nidwalden

Our ship arriving

A boat ride to Luzern. This boat has a small foot pool at the back! (too cold outside, we went inside for a warm drink)

Just a little over an hour to walk along this section of the Waldstätterweg (no.98) from Greppen to Hertenstein

We are still missing a couple of sections of the Waltstätterweg in this region

And this was the yummy four-cheese pizza which we had for lunch. We shared a large size and had some left over!