Great Ingenbohl-Brunnen Cultural Trail

Hike /Luzern Tourismus

Great Ingenbohl-Brunnen Cultural Trail

Muota-Parkplatz Brunnen

Distance
13.6 km
Duration
3:25 h
Ascent
126 m
Descent
127 m
Difficulty
Hard
Fitness
Moderate
Route type
Loop
Season
All year

01/ Overview

The route

The Cultural Trail links chapels, the convent and village history with open meadows and the lakeshore at Brunnen. Information panels recount the stories of notable figures, buildings and historic sites.

The Great Cultural Trail begins at the Muota car park near the Brunnen, Sportplatzweg bus stop. The unmarked route initially leads out of the built-up area and climbs gently between meadows to the Laurentius Chapel in Wylen. At Bützi, it reaches its highest point at around 480 m before descending to Restaurant Alpenrösli. As longer sections lie outside the marked hiking trail network, careful navigation is important along the way.

In the second half, the route follows the Leewasser and passes the Zahnwehkapelle on the way to Unterschönenbuch. Information panels explore the history of this former trading village and introduce notable figures, buildings and cultural treasures of Ingenbohl-Brunnen.

At Kloster Ingenbohl, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross, the Cultural Trail returns to a more densely built-up area. It continues through Ingenbohl to Brunnen and close to the shore of Lake Lucerne. After the Bundeskapelle, the route follows the Muota back to the car park of the same name.

Route data: Erlebnisregion Mythen · 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.

Or from

Muota-Parkplatz Brunnen · stop 158 m away

Outbound

Return

05/ Weather

Weather on the way

Forecast for the lowest and the highest point of the route.

Weather

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06/ Trail & landscape

Trail & landscape

Which paths you walk on and the landscape they lead through.

Trail Surface
On official trails
57%
Route length
13.6 km
Hiking trail
52%
Mountain trail
5%
Off official trails
43%
Land Cover
Open land
58%
Village
39%
Water
2%
Forest
1%
Forest type
Mixed forest
2%
Broadleaf forest
1%

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.

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