An alternative to the Walen Trail and Benedictine Way

04:00 h
326 m
1,353 m
569 m
1,878 m
1,309 m
11.07 km
Start: Ristis (Engelberg)
Destination: Grafenort

Ristis (Engelberg) – Walenalp – Brunniswald – Eschlen – Grafenort

The Walen Trail connects the Brunni area with the Bannalp, while the Benedictine Way links Engelberg monastery with Maria-Rickenbach convent. How about a short version? You start from Ristis (or Brunni), where the Berglodge Restaurant Ristis is located: a real treat here are the alpine pork fillet strips and the homemade cakes. From here, the route leads to the Walenalp with its wealth of views, and then via Brunniswald and Eschlen down to Grafenort. If someone is there to operate it, you can take the little cable car from Brunniswald.

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Directions

From the upper terminus of the Engelberg-Brunni aerial cableway or from the Brunni chairlift upper terminus on the Walen Trail to the Walenalp (which is actually in Canton Obwalden) with its wealth of views. From here a little forest path leads down to the Brunniswald alp, a wedge of land belonging to Canton Nidwalden. The path continues via Eschlen down to Grafenort ... again in Canton Obwalden!

Equipment

Gutes Schuhwerk ist empfohlen.

Directions & Parking facilities

Engelberg

Kostenpflichtige Parkplätze sind bei der Bergstation Brunni in Engelberg verfügbar.

Zentralbahn railway to Engelberg and from Grafenort.

Additional information

More information:

Nidwalden Tourismus
Bahnhofplatz 2
6370 Stans
+41 41 610 88 33
[email protected]
nidwalden.com

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Nidwalden recipes to try out: nidwalden.com/recipes

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