Snowshoe Trail /Schweiz Mobil
Mettmen-Gämspfad
Schwanden, Mettmen
- Distance
- 2.0 km
- Duration
- 55 min
- Ascent
- 80 m
- Descent
- 80 m
- Fitness
- Easy
- Route type
- Loop
01/ Overview
The route
Experience winter on snowshoes in Europe's oldest wildlife conservation area: the Freiberg Kärpf. This easy tour across meadows and through forests takes you to the Mettmenalp pasture area (1,600 m.a.s.l.) with Lake Garichti.
The snowshoe tour starts at the Mettmen bus stop and climbs over open alpine pastures. Soon it passes the Bootshaus campfire site and reaches, at just over 1,626 m, the highest point below the Matzlenstock, from where a wide view opens onto the slopes of the Mettmenalp. Shortly afterwards the Garichti reservoir lies immediately beside the route; the lake, also called Mettmensee, is a reservoir on the Mettmenalp and covers around 16 hectares.
The route continues through light woodland and a few open clearings, passes the Küsnachterhaus campfire site and then turns back toward the starting point. The loop of just under 2 km involves about 80 metres of ascent and usually takes around one hour; it finishes again at the Mettmen stop in Schwanden.
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.
Snowshoeing is more fun in the snow! Check local conditions before heading out.
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.
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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/ Snow
Snow on the route
Snow depths, new snow and forecast. Estimates: check the situation on site before you set off.
Snow Info
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.
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.
