The Wyrsch family and their Buiräbähnli

Together with his wife Anita and their two children, Max Wyrsch runs the organic mountain farm on Diegisbalm. They keep mother cows and goats. They deliver the goat milk to the cheese dairy in Dallenwil. In summer, the cows are distributed to the various alps in the neighborhood and the goats move to their summer residence in Erstfeld. Anita and Max invest a lot of time as well as energy in the farm. In 2014 they built a new barn and even now they have various projects. Neither of them are farmers' children, but they have spent five and ten summers respectively on an alp. Together, the couple from Schwyz and Uri cherished the dream of farming themselves.

TICKETS, OPERATION & MORE

Tickets & Prices

Payment
Please pay for your ticket in cash or with TWINT at the mountain station.

Adults single

CHF 6.00

Adults return

CHF 10.00

Children single

CHF 3.00

Children return

CHF 5.00

Families

CHF 15.00 / CHF 25.00

Paraglider pilots

CHF 8.00

Bicycle 

CHF 2.00

Dog 

CHF 2.00 / CHF 4.00

Operating Instructions

  • Open the door of the gondola manually with both hands.
  • Get in and close the door again manually. The ride only runs when the door is properly closed.
  • Start the ride with the green button: ↑ Ascent / ↓ Descent
  • Please keep the corresponding button pressed until the signal tone sounds. The ride will then start!
  • For safety reasons, we ask you to remain seated for the entire ride.
  • Once you have arrived, you can open the door again manually with both hands. Please only open it when the ride has come to a complete standstill and then close the door again.

Attention: The cable car may not be used in strong winds and thunderstorms. 

Emergency & Contact

Please keep calm.

Max and Anita Wyrsch
+41 78 605 34 06
www.diegisbalm.ch

 

More info

Length of track

474 meters

Travel time:

5 minutes

Year of construction:

1964

Altitude of mountain station:          

1004 m above sea level

 

Do you want to keep track on the mountain?
Find suitable maps here or visit us at the Tourist Information.

Gastronomy

On Diegisbalm there is no catering business available. On request, meat from the farm's own animals and honey are sold. The specialties from Diegisbalm are dried meat and house sausages. Interested parties are welcome and are asked to contact the Wyrsch family directly.


Family Max + Anita Wyrsch-Gwerder
041 628 04 07
078 605 34 06


The following establishments can be reached, however, combined with fantastic hikes:


Alpbeizli Schellenfluh (walking time approx. 75 minutes).
SA/SO open or on request, simple snack & drinks,
Heiri Rauber 079 642 76 91, schellenfluh[at]bluewin.ch


Mountain restaurant Gummenalp (walking time approx. 35 minutes)
Good home cooking, newly renovated rooms and tourist camps
Fam. Sepp and Brigitte Odermatt, 6383 Wirzweli, 041 628 14 25, www.gummenalp.ch


Alpine farm Langbodenstubli (walking time approx. 60 minutes)
10 beds and 20 sleeping places in straw
Eggalp-Langboden aerial cableway
Fam. Klara and Walter von Büren, 6383 Wiesenberg, 041 628 13 44

Activities

Biking
Bicycles can be transported by train (outside device). After a short ascent from Oberalp, there is a 10 km long descent to Dallenwil or Kerns.


Paraglider
Paragliders are very welcome. There are posters at the stations where the take-off and landing sites are located.

Hiking
High altitude hike to Bielen (cable car to Grafenort): Duration 50 minutes

Mountain hike to Oberalp (cable car to Diegisbalm): Duration 70 minutes

Hike to Hinter Gummen (cable car to Wirzweli and mountain restaurant): Duration 1 hour 40 minutes

Wirzweli via Mittlere Wissifluh (cable car to Dallenwil): Duration 1 hour 40 minutes

 

Contact

WOLFENSCHIESSEN-DIEGISBALM
Max Wyrsch
Hinter Diegisbalm 1
6386 Wolfenschiessen
+41 41 628 04 07
[email protected]
diegisbalm.ch