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  4 Days Hike: Nufenenpass - Passo di Lucendro - Gotschaloluecke - Andermatt - Wassen |
Taking train to Airolo, and then bus to Nufenenpass, arriving ~11:00 - wide view into Valais/Wallis and its alps, but I hike eastwards into the Bedretto valley once again - I just love it here.
Descending from 2500m to 2000m at Cruina where the main road is, and then along the mountain slope around 2000m elevation Alpe die Manio, Alpe die Rotondo, and above Alpe di Ruino I know of a nice place from previous hikes, where I pitch my tent.
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Early start in the morning, continue further along the slope Alpe di Pesciora, Alpe di Cavanna, Alpe di Vinei, and then ascend to Passo di Lucendro at 2530m elevation,
a very barren pass; and then descend apprx. 200m lower where I find a nice spot, and near the source of Reuss river I fill my water bottles again for today and tomorrow.
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Very still night, long sleep - and I descend to Alpe di Lucendro, ex-military station and Lake of Lucendro, along its coast I ascend again from 2200m to 2530m of Gatscholaluecke / Passo d'Orsirora - a region also known "Five Lakes" (Lago di Lucendro, Laghi della Valletta, 2x Laghi d'Orsirora, Lago d'Orsino) - where I stop for a while pick some wild blueberries.
Later in the afternoon I decide to descend a bit further, as the top of the pass with its small pond, is too windy for me to pitch the tent, so about 100m lower I find a very nice spot with a wide view into Urseren valley with the Furkapass at the west end.
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Long good sleep, descending a bit and then along the mountain slope of Pizzo d'Orsino / Winterhorn along "Isenmannalp" and then steeper descend to Gamsboden, the small path up to St. Gotthard pass, but I descend further to Hospental,
and take the brief train ride to Andermatt, to shop some food for today and continue to hike from there to Goeschenen via Schoellenen, a steep and narrow passage, with the impressive Devils Bridge, and further to Goeschenen and then Wassen, and just a bit outside of the village at Pfaffensprung I finish the hike - taking the bus to Erstfeld and from there the train back home.
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 ◈ Himmelbiel, Hospental (Δ 1874m), 2026/09/05 11:46
 ◈ Güetli, Hospental (Δ 1643m), 2026/09/05 12:15
 ◈ Güetli, Hospental (Δ 1654m), 2026/09/05 12:16
 ◈ Himmelbiel, Hospental (Δ 1591m), 2026/09/05 12:28
 ◈ Obergadmen, Hospental (Δ 1550m), 2026/09/05 12:40
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 Devils Bridge at Schoelenen (old on the left, new top-right) 2026/09/05 14:07
 ◈ Wattingen, Wassen (Δ 1048m), 2026/09/05 15:53
 ◈ Wattingen, Wassen (Δ 990m), 2026/09/05 16:35
 ◈ Pfaffensprung, Wassen (Δ 976m), 2026/09/05 16:46
 ◈ Pfaffensprung, Wassen (Δ 874m), 2026/09/05 17:49
That's it.
(End of Article)Content: - Page 1: Highlights, 3 Days Hike February 2026: Giornico - Bellinzona, Friday 2026/02/20: Giornico - Biasca ...
- Page 2: 3 Days Hike March 2026: Landquart - Chur - Thusis, Friday 2026/03/06: Landquart - Chur ...
- Page 3: 4 Days Hike April 2026: Strada Alta, Saturday 2026/04/04: Airolo - Freggio, Sunday 2026/04/05 (Easter): Freggio - Pratto Bello ...
- Page 4: 3 Days Hike April 2026: Disentis/Platta - Lukmanier - Biasca, Thursday 2026/04/14: Disentis/Platta - Lukmanier - Campra ...
- Page 5: 3 Days Hike April/May 2026: Montreux/Paccot - Gruyeres - Rossens/Le Bry, Thursday 2026/04/30: Montreux/Paccot - Les Paccots ...
- Page 6: 5 Days Hike May 2026: Bedretto & High Strada Alta, Thursday 2026/05/21: All'Acqua - Airolo - Brugnasco ...
- Page 7: 3 Days Hike June 2026: St. Bernadino Pass - Val Calanca, Friday 2026/06/12: St. Bernadino Pass - Pass di Passit ...
- Page 8: 5 Days Hike June 2026: Lukmanier - Gotthard - Bedretto, Monday 2026/06/22: Lukmanierpass ...
- Page 9: 3 Days Hike July 2026: Hospental - St. Gotthard - Giuebin - Andermatt, Sunday 2026/07/05: Hospental - St. Gotthard Pass ...
- Page 10: 4 Days Hike August 2026: Bristen - Cavardiras - Disentis - Oberalppass , Thursday 2026/08/13: Bristen - Hinterbalm - Brunniboden ...
- Page 11: 4 Days Hike September 2026: Nufenenpass - Passo di Lucendro - Gotschaloluecke - Andermatt - Wassen ...
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