Hike /Nidwalden Tourismus
Cheese Trail (Circular Walk)
Hotel Niederbauen
- Distance
- 3.6 km
- Duration
- 1:30 h
- Ascent
- 172 m
- Descent
- 174 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Fitness
- Easy
- Route type
- Loop
- Season
- May - October
01/ Overview
The route
Three Alpine cheese dairies, open pastures and short sections of mountain trail characterise this easy circuit from Niederbauen. Along the way, the Cheese Trail climbs to around 1,600 m.
From Hotel Niederbauen, right by the cable car mountain station, the Cheese Trail crosses open Alpine pastures. This short circuit links three places where cheese is made: the Frutt Alpine cheese dairy, Alp Unterst-Hütte and the dairy at Alp Tritt. Between them, the route mainly follows narrower mountain trails, interspersed with easier sections of hiking trail.
Initially, the trail descends around 120 metres without leaving the pasture landscape. It then climbs again. Towards the end, the route reaches its highest point near Gütsch at around 1,600 m. The open terrain remains the defining feature throughout; there are no wooded sections or lengthy valley paths. From there, the circuit leads back to Hotel Niederbauen and the Niederbauen mountain station. Around an hour and a half is sufficient for the nearly four-kilometre route with approximately 170 metres of ascent.
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
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.
