Hike /Luzern Tourismus
Alpnachstad – Renggpass – Fräkmüntegg
AlpnachstadFräkmüntegg
- Distance
- 7.8 km
- Duration
- 3:30 h
- Ascent
- 1046 m
- Descent
- 89 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Fitness
- Hard
- Route type
- One way
- Season
- May - October
01/ Overview
The route
From Lake Lucerne, a strenuous ascent leads over the wooded Renggpass to the alpine pastures of Fräkmüntegg – with over 1,000 metres of elevation gain, this is a tour for fit mountain hikers.
From Alpnachstad railway station, the path climbs out past the first houses. Lake Lucerne is soon left behind as meadows and pastures open up views of the Pilatus massif. Via Grossrüti and along the Wolfortbach, the route steadily gains altitude before the forest becomes denser. After around an hour and a half, Renggpass is reached at just over 850 m.
Shortly afterwards, the path passes the Rengg chapel and initially descends gently towards Hinter Rengg. Then the long final ascent begins: at the Alpgschwänd mountain inn, the broad hiking trail becomes a steeper mountain path. Between open alpine pastures and forest, it continues uphill via Gschwänd; by the end, more than 1,000 metres of elevation gain have accumulated.
Near the destination stands the Fräkmünt mountain chapel. A little later, the route reaches Fräkmüntegg at around 1,400 m, also its highest point. The Fräkmüntegg stop is just a few steps from the end of the route.
Route data: Luzern Tourismus / Lucerne Tourisme · CC BY 4.0 · Source
02/ Along the route
What's along the way
Where the route climbs and where it descends. Hover the profile to find the spot on the map.
03/ Conditions
Current conditions
What to know before you set off. Closures and snow are re-checked every day.
How we check: Every night we match the route against the official closures and detours from the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO). Any reported closure that touches the route shows up here.
How we check: We look up a live public transport connection from your starting point to the stop closest to the trailhead. If it ends further away, the nearest stop may be a cable car or bus that isn't running right now.
How we check: Snow depth estimated daily at the lowest and the highest point of the route. Estimates: check the situation on site.
04/ Getting there
Getting there
From your door to the trailhead and home again, by train and bus or by car. Computed live from the timetable.
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Outbound
Return
05/ Weather
Weather on the way
Forecast for the lowest and the highest point of the route.
Weather
06/ Trail & landscape
Trail & landscape
Which paths you walk on and the landscape they lead through.
Larches count as conifer forest here.
07/ Export
Take the route with you
Load the track onto your GPS device, print a route sheet for the trail or send the route to your hiking group.
Share
Send the link to friends or your hiking group.
Export GPX File
For hiking apps, GPS watches and navigation devices.
Print Route Sheet
A4 with map, elevation profile, waypoints and emergency numbers.
