The silver treasure in the Klöntalersee
Tour description
This spring hike is a great start to the hiking season and opens up an additional enchanted world of legends just outside Zurich.
We take the Postbus up to the Klöntalersee and follow its right bank to Vorauen. We take our first break at Bärentritt, where the Russians are said to have sunk their war chest:
On the other side of the lake, a strong dairyman tried to stop a French scouting party with a log. When the soldiers cut off his arm in the fight, a black Alpine bull rushed to the shepherd's aid like a monster. But that's another legend and explains how the Klöntalersee disappeared - and we'll tell that story later, when we climb up through the cursed Timmerwald forest to Richisau...
In 2022, Baeschlin Verlag republished the collected legends of the Glarus region, with magical photographs by Urs Bolz. The book "Glarner Sagen" can be ordered directly from the Baeschlin Verlag shop for CHF 29.80.
Saturday | 10. May 2025
Length and duration
11 km | ︎ 440 metres in altitude | ↘︎ 180 metres in altitude | 4 h
Difficulty
This themed hike is technically easy and requires a normal level of fitness.
Equipment
The packing list and detailed information will follow after registration.
Services
Guided hike & stories from the world of Glarus legends.
Cost per participant
For early bookings CHF 95.00 / from 1 May CHF 110.00 | children CHF 45.00
Not included
Arrival and return journey, lunch and drinks
Arrival
Better by public transport, as the start and end points are not quite the same
Meeting point
Departure from Zurich main station 07:43, arrival Rhodannenberg 09:09
or Rhodannenberg car park
Return journey
Klöntal Richisau by bus from 14:49 | Arrival Zurich main station at 16:48
Registration deadline & payment
No later than 7 May 2025, immediately with QR code on registration confirmation
Hiking guide
Markus Unterfinger
Phone: 076 419 21 10
markus@wanderidee.ch