ViaJacobi, Stage 4/33

National route No. 4, Stage 4: Rapperswil (SG) – Einsiedeln

Description

National route: No. 4 ()
Length: 17 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 780 m • ↓ 300 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 405 m • 949 m
Hiking time: 5 h
Grade: easy
Fitness level: medium

National route No. 4:: Stages; 1. Rorschach – Herisau; 2. Herisau – Wattwil; 3. Wattwil – Rapperswil (SG); 4. Rapperswil (SG) – Einsiedeln; 5. Einsiedeln – Schwyz; 6. Schwyz – Stans; 7. Stans – Flüeli-Ranft; 8. Flüeli-Ranft – Brünigpass; 9. Brünigpass – Interlaken; 10. Interlaken – Spiez; 11. Spiez – Wattenwil; 12. Wattenwil – Schwarzenburg; 13. Schwarzenburg – Fribourg; 14. Fribourg – Romont (FR); 15. Romont (FR) – Moudon; 16. Moudon – Lausanne; 17. Lausanne – Rolle; 19. Commugny – Genève; 20. Genève – Genève (Grenze); 21. Kreuzlingen (Konstanz, D) – Märstetten; 22. Märstetten – Fischingen; 23. Fischingen – Rapperswil (SG); 26. Werthenstein – Willisau; 27. Willisau – Huttwil; 28. Huttwil – Burgdorf; 29. Burgdorf – Bern (Bärengraben); 30. Bern (Bärengraben) – Rüeggisberg; 32. Fribourg (Villars-sur-Glâne) – Payerne; 33. Payerne – Moudon (Curtilles); 34. Wattwil (Neuhaus) – Siebnen; 35. Siebnen – Einsiedeln (St. Meinrad)

The hike leads over Switzerland's longest wooden footbridge from Rapperswil to Hurden and across the Etzel Pass to Einsiedeln. On the way to this important pilgrimage site, the views of Lake Zurich are splendid.

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