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mokka4 Aug 7th, 2013 08:57 AM

Stockhorn Hiking
 
Is anyone familiar with (gentle) hiking around the Stockhorn?
I plan to take the gondola from Erlenbach to Chrindi, disembark, and hike DOWN to Hinterstockensee.
I would like very much to then hike OVER/UP to Oberstockensee for ? lunch, then circle back to Chrindi, completing the trip to the Stockhorn summit by gondola.
My ?-
Is it 'worth' it to hike to BOTH lakes--ie: how long?, well-marked?, too similar situations/views?
I am a trembly (bit of certain kind of heights) hiker with steep drop-offs or narrow paths---if you've been here, am I likely to encounter on the Oberstockensee bit?

mokka4 Aug 8th, 2013 10:08 AM

So......no one familiar with hikes in this area????

mokka4 Aug 9th, 2013 03:15 AM

One last try!

michelhuebeli Aug 10th, 2013 07:27 PM

Can you decipher German? This website is available in English and it has a great map of the routes you describe, and as you mouse over it, the distances and hiking times etc. pop up, but only in German... http://www.stockhorn.ch/experiences/...ng-and-walking

There isn't much elevation difference between Chrindi (1637) and Oberstockensee (1665), but it isn't clear from this map what happens in between.

Are you familiar with the Swiss Wanderwege system - hiking trails throughout the country? Unfortunately they have never come out with an English website, it's www.wandern.ch - they publish detailed maps and guides that you might want to seek out when you get there. And the government ordnance maps are second to none, available in good bookshops etc.

mokka4 Sep 16th, 2013 06:20 AM

michel: Just now found your post! Yes I can read german, and yes, that is exactly the site that I was looking at....
But, there ISN'T much detail, and given my fear of open heights/narrow paths, I wasn't sure whether to attempt (I'll be alone, so no one to egg me on!)
But thanks for the response!


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