Geopath Wiriehorn
Naturpark Diemtigtal - The Geopath leads around the Wiriehorn and shows the formation history of this landscape. It imparts interesting facts about mountain and valley, glaciers and water, rock and stone.
"Look from mountain and valley..." What evokes feelings of home in us Diemtigtalers has been shaped, moved, layered, and eroded again over millions of years. How does a sea become a cultural landscape with grazing cows? How does the Wiriehorn get its typical shape? Whose traces of earlier times are still recognizable in the terrain today?
The rock of the Wiriehorn is very old, formed around 240 million years ago. At that time, dinosaurs also lived on our planet. Around 240 million years ago, large areas were extensively covered by a sea. Dead plants, shells, and scales settled on the sea floor. They mixed with minerals, solidified, and turned to stone. Later – during the formation of the Alps – the rock was uplifted and moved here. Today it forms the summit of the Wiriehorn.
More exciting questions and answers await you on the Geopath around the Wiriehorn.
Route-information
Route-information
- Length
- 9.19 km
- Altitude difference ascent
- 622 m
- Altitude difference descent
- 621 m
- Time required
- 3 hours 30 minutes
- Level technique
- Easy
- Level condition
- Middle
Details
A flyer with an overview map is available at the office of the Diemtigtal Nature Park.
Diemtigtal Nature Park
Bahnhofstrasse 20
3753 Oey
T 033 552 26 00
info@diemtigtal.ch
www.diemtigtal.ch
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Food options
Berghotel Wiriehorn: Restaurant at the mountain station of the Wiriehornbahnen (open when the lift is operating)
T 033 684 12 42, www.wiriehorn.ch
Bergrestaurant Alp Schwarzenberg: Restaurant reachable by a short walk from the Wiriehorn mountain station
T 033 684 13 97 or M 079 427 81 87, www.alp-schwarzenberg.ch
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Equipment / Equipment rent
Sturdy footwear, weather-appropriate clothing, provisions and drinks for the way
Signalization
Follow the Geopath from the Wiriehorn mountain station (Nüegg) towards Underi Heitere. Over the Bodeflue to the Wirie, you will pass interesting viewing points and stations. From here, you have the possibility to climb the summit of the Wiriehorn. For this, you need an additional approx. 1 hour 30 minutes. Otherwise, the Geopath leads you around the Wiriehorn, further over Gurbs Metteberg, Abendmatte to Tubefärich. The last section of the path runs past the Bergrestaurant Schwarzenberg back to the mountain station. The path is marked with white direction indicators and a green route field.
Arrival
Arrival
- Starting point
- Bergstation Wiriehorn (Nüegg), Zwischenflüh
- Destination
- Bergstation Wiriehorn (Nüegg), Zwischenflüh
Suitable for
The offer is suitable for
- Adults
- Children >12 years
- 50+
- Groups
The offer has been particularly developed for
- Third cycle (1st – 3rd grade, lower secondary)
- Upper Secondary School Classes
- Association/Companies
