I did the tour today, and what can you say about a tour like this....Lots of asphalt, ok logical if you start with a pass road, just with some noise. This then subsides when you turn onto the alpine road, but then you can hear yourself puffing more and more. When you reach the first highest point, you're relieved and the route goes downhill, which bikers love so much....but unfortunately still, ok no longer on asphalt, on a gravel road, all the way to Braunwald. In Braunwald I quickly hopped into the gondola (with bike 18.00.-) and then looked forward to this Seblengrat. Ladies and gentlemen, don't look forward to the trail fireworks like I did, enjoy the beautiful view..... the trail is suitable for pushchairs.... Once the Seblengrat is behind you, the trail descends again along a more or less wide forest path to this Grotzenbüel, then follows a small alpine road down to the next alp. Follow the official signs for Mountainbiking in Switzerland. Then comes this one turn-off that looks like fun, and it is fun, a technically interesting descent, the hairpin bends leave little to be desired, and the handlebars have to be held well. Unfortunately, the trails were a bit wet for me, I must have missed something. All in all, I wouldn't do this tour again. I lost a lot of hard-won meters on gravel roads.

If you don't feel like (or don't have the time) to climb up, you can also take the Braunwald cable car (https://braunwald.ch/de/map/detail/braunwald-standseilbahn-ag-0b116a0d-…) from Linthalt. From the mountain station, it's just under 10 minutes to the Gumenbahn valley station. At the end, cycle back from Luchsingen to Linthal along the Linth. All in all, you will need 2.5 - 3 hours for the whole tour.

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We tackled the tour on a beautiful Sunday in July. We started at the Linthal power station. I recommend setting off as early as possible, the pass road is often used by motorcyclists who speed past you at high speed, the earlier the less traffic. The ascent over the road and then over the alpine path is pleasant in terms of gradient, but unfortunately you lose another 200 meters of altitude over an alpine road and a short, steep hiking trail to the village of Braunwald. Even before Braunwald we meet many hikers, but crossing is no problem. The ascent to the Oberstafel is also pleasant and you steadily gain altitude.
We descended from Seblengrat directly to Mittelstafel, the path in the upper part was extremely rough and destroyed by the cows, in the lower part the trail was very fun. From Mittelstaffel we followed the hiking trail around the mountain towards Braunwald Altstafel. The trail is marked as black on the singletrail map, but has since been widened and is now a 1 m wide gravel road. Coming from Mittelstafel, we then took the first turn-off towards Luchsingen and followed the hiking trail via Schlattberg to Luchsingen. The descent was very varied, with technical passages alternating with flowing sections. As the slope is heavily wooded and in the shade, you should allow 3-4 days after rainfall for the trail to dry out, otherwise it can be tricky in places.
Next time I would do the tour on a weekday, there are simply too many hikers around Braunwald.