Passing by seven different Alpine dairies, the Alpine Cheese Trail is an attractive hiking route through Engelberg’s varied natural landscape. At the farms, you will learn all there is to know about traditional Alpine cheeses and the hard lives of the Alpine farmers who graze their animals up in the mountains each summer.
The Zittergrat on the Brunnistöckli above the Brunnihütte is the ideal place to playfully venture on more difficult via ferrata routes. It was specially set up as a short and difficult practice via ferrata.
moderate
Distance 1 km
Duration1:30 h
Ascent174 m
Descent174 m
Highest point2,035 m
Lowest point1,862 m
The relatively short Zittergrat via ferrata at Brunnistöckli is a supplement to the "normal" Brunnistöckli via ferrata. While the "normal" is ideal for beginners, the Zittergrat is already a short excursion into the world of more extreme via ferratas. Fans are offered a relatively short, extremely steep and exposed via ferrata, where you can make your first experiences in the upper difficulty levels. It is excellently secured, south-facing and very strenuous.
The via ferrata is suitable for experienced via ferrata climbers, surefootedness, head for heights and arm strength are required. It is recommended to check the current weather forecast for the destination region.
Mountain station chairlift at Brunnihüte (1,861 m)
Coordinates:
SwissGrid
2'674'219E 1'188'242N
DD
46.841183, 8.411617
DMS
46°50'28.3"N 8°24'41.8"E
UTM
32T 455135 5187683
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Destination
Mountain station chairlift at Brunnihüte (1,861 m)
Turn-by-turn directions
Ascent:
From the top station of the Brunni chairlift we follow the marked hiking trail from the Brunni hut in the direction of the Rugghubel hut. After a few minutes we climb (information board) to the left steeply uphill in some serpentines to the entrance.
Route:
Immediately the entry is very steep and demands our arm strength (C). This is followed by a cross ribbon over a roof (C/D). The last steep "Wändli" offers just below the exit once again a slightly overhanging passage.
Descent:
A steep but short path leads us in 20 min back to the starting point at the top station of the chairlift.
Public transport
National and international connections (from Zurich airport connections every half hour with approx. 1h travel time) to Lucerne. Then with the Zentralbahn in 43 minutes through a varied landscape up to Engelberg. Once in Engelberg, you can take the bus to the Brunni cableway or walk. Take the gondola lift up to the Brunni and then the chairlift to the Brunnihut.
Directions
By car, take the A2 (Basel-Gotthard) to Stans Süd, then take the main road 20 km to Engelberg. Engelberg is 30 minutes from Lucerne, 1 hour and 15 minutes from Basel, Zurich or Bern.
Parking
Parking at the valley station
Coordinates
SwissGrid
2'674'219E 1'188'242N
DD
46.841183, 8.411617
DMS
46°50'28.3"N 8°24'41.8"E
UTM
32T 455135 5187683
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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!
Equipment
Via ferrata equipment with rockfall helmet and via ferrata gloves.
recommended route
Zittergrad_BrunnistöckliPhoto: Engelberg - Titlis Tourismus, Engelberg-Titlis Tourismus
