Stockhorn Hiking
Aug 7th, 2013, 08:57 AM
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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?
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?
Aug 10th, 2013, 07:27 PM
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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.
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.
Sep 16th, 2013, 06:20 AM
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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!
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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