Cycling in Switzerland

Unterwalden-Route
Stage 2, Stans–Engelberg

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Unterwalden-Route
Stage 2, Stans–Engelberg
Stans lost in reverie, in the Engelberg valley the 400-year-old Höchhus with its many windows, the railway needs large cogwheels, cyclists rather smaller ones on the way up to Engelberg, once a small, autonomous papal state, now a lively holiday village.
Stans lost in reverie, in the Engelberg valley the 400-year-old Höchhus with its many windows, the railway needs large cogwheels, cyclists rather smaller ones on the way up to Engelberg, once a small, autonomous papal state, now a lively holiday village.
Length
22 km
Roads and trails
Asphalted: 18 km
Natural surface: 4 km
Natural surface: 4 km
Ascent | Descent
600 m | 50 m
Fitness level
medium
Arrival | return travel
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Traffic volume
Beware: busy main roads Grafenort–Engelberg
41
Ascent Engelberg
Rail, bus, boat recommendation
Stans–Engelberg
Stans–Engelberg
Reason: metres in height saved: approx. 550m.
Cycle transport: limited space.
SBB Timetable
Cycle transport: limited space.