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Five Lakes walk (5-Seenweg)

Wednesday 31st July 2024

 

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km
Elapsed
Hrs-Mins
Moving
Hrs-Mins
Gain Loss Min Max
9.73 4H45   307 581 2,148 2,615

   

   

 

 

 

 

The Sunnegga-Rothorn valley station (1,620 m) lies beside the Vispa, the river that flows through Zermatt. The ticket counter area is located by the entrance of a long tunnel fitted with electronic information panels. Since 1980, a funicular has carried Swiss and foreign guests up to Sunnegga. In former days the area had a walkers’ lift and then a chairlift; the funicular was Switzerland’s first to run entirely underground. The funicular was fully renovated in 2013, and now has a capacity of 2,550 passengers per hour. The ride takes 3 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We thought that we were really lucky to approach the lake and see a heron there,
waiting patiently to catch a fish...............

Only to find that it was plastic!

 

 

Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster)

Senecio doronicum (Leopard's-bane Groundsel)

 

Climbing to Fluhalp Lodge for a coffee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cirsium spinosissuimum (Thorny Thistle)

 

Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster)

 

 

 

Alpenrose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ze Seewjinu Mountain Lodge

 

View across the valley to Sunnegga station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shuttle up to Sunnegga Station saves a bit of climbing