Murgsee
Description
The tour starts in Murg am Walensee, first takes a leisurely ride through the Murg Valley, but then becomes increasingly steeper. An asphalt road with 16 successive hairpin bends leads up to Alp Merlen, and then you'll need your calf muscles. The alpine path gets steeper and rougher, and it's still a challenge for everyone to walk. Some push a little longer, others pant a little longer. Eventually you reach the lower Murgsee lake, the thundering waterfall and then the large upper Murgsee lake. However, it's another 200 meters up to the top of the Widersteiner Furggel pass, where the bike has to be carried.
The descent rides along a never-ending single trail, steep, winding, blocked, flowing, fast, then back to walking pace. Everything is available here, but requires a practiced riding style. At Alp Üblital, a section of alpine road follows until you switch to the left side of the valley further down and can ride another singletrail to Engi. The village of Schwanden can be reached via the forest road on the left-hand side of the valley.
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Details of the tour
29 km
1675 m
1675 m
429 above sea level
2008 above sea level
1 day
Murg
Schwanden GL
1076
not suitable
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User comments (4)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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Checked 2023
I recommend the opposite direction: from Engi via Widersteinerfurgglen to Murgsee. But then don't take the alpine road down to Murg, but over the Murgseefurggel into the Mürtschental and finally via Robmen to Mühlehorn. In this case, you only share the path with 200 of the 500 hikers from Murgsee to Ober Mürtschen, which is quickly done. Except for real S3 experts, this is not so bad, because we push a few passages down from Murgseefurggel anyway. From Ober Mürtschen we are alone again because we choose the path along the north-western slope, while the 200 hikers stay on the valley floor. From Robmen to Walenseehöhe almost exclusively singletrack.
Three passes instead of one, but no more vertical meters, as Engi is significantly higher than Murg. We are practically alone for the entire ascent and the long final descent. And the descent is almost all singletrack. What more could you want? Answer: dryness, because it makes the long final descent easier.
Hmm sounds exciting. But after Robmen it only goes as far as staglen / holz on trails, then it turns into small roads. Or did you go through somewhere else then?
I rode the tour last year on a sunny Saturday and was the only biker far and wide on the ascent to Murgsee alongside around 500 hikers. Most of them were thrilled and amazed that anyone would take on this ascent by bike. The panorama is unique and the mountain hut is beautifully embedded in the landscape. From the Murgsee lake to the top of the Widersteiner Furggel pass, the path is extremely washed out and the bike has to be carried as described (except perhaps MacAskill=) The trail down into the Sernftal valley is also very demanding but definitely fun. Unfortunately, the hard-earned vertical meters are not rewarded with singletrack depth meters until the end (see Map). Nevertheless, the tour is unique and there is no sign of the 500 hikers from Murgsee. The atmosphere at the top of the pass was almost mystical. The tour is especially recommended on very hot days, as the ascent is in a shady and cool valley up to the Murgsee.