Kerenzerberg Römerweg
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Hike /Schweiz Mobil

Kerenzerberg Römerweg

NäfelsMühlehorn

Distance
13.0 km
Duration
4:00 h
Ascent
620 m
Descent
640 m
Difficulty
Easy
Fitness
Moderate
Route type
One way

01/ Overview

The route

In the footsteps of the Romans, the tour leads from Näfels over Kerenzerberg to Mühlehorn. Testimony of the times let hikers' thoughts stray to worlds of a bygone age while at the same time, the Churfirsten mountain range and the deep-blue Lake Walensee are within sight.

From the Näfels-Mollis stop, the hike sets off towards Mollis. Beyond the first houses, the waymarked hiking trail climbs across meadows and repeatedly enters the forest near Beglingen. The long ascent continues up the slopes above the valley floor before open terrain reappears near Filzbach.

Beyond Filzbach, the route climbs once more. Near Hirnibüel, the highest point of the hike lies at around 760 m. The trail then continues through meadows and patches of woodland, with steady ups and downs, to Obstalden. There it passes the church and continues through the small settlements on the hillside.

In the final third, the route descends more noticeably. At Geissegg, it meets the Meerenbach and follows it down the valley. After around 13 kilometres and a good four hours, the final steps lead to Mühlehorn near the Walensee and the destination at the Mühlehorn stop.

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: SLF only publishes its snow maps from November 1. Until then we roughly estimate the snow depth at the lowest and the highest point of the route every day from the nearest SLF measuring stations. 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

Näfels · stop 41 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
99%
Route length
13.2 km
Hiking trail
99%
Off official trails
1%
Land Cover
Meadows
42%
Forest
29%
Village
29%
Forest type
Broadleaf forest
24%
Mixed forest
11%
Conifer forest
1%

Larches count as conifer forest here.

07/ Snow

Snow on the route

Snow depths, new snow and forecast. Estimates: check the situation on site before you set off.

Snow Info

Rough estimate
SLF only publishes its snow maps from November 1 to June 30. Until then we estimate the snow depth from the nearest SLF measuring stations, so it can look quite different on the ground.
Measured 28 Oct, 11:00
Snow height valley
0cm
Snow height mountain
0cm
Snowfall last 24h
None

08/ 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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  • Print Route Sheet

    A4 with map, elevation profile, waypoints and emergency numbers.

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