The ViaUrschweiz

7 December 2020

Via Urschweiz (Kulturwanderweg) is a hiking trail that spans the cantons of Uri and Nidwalden in the heart of Switzerland.

It connects Lake Uri with the so-called Waldstätterweg on Lake Lucerne, crossing nature reserves and places of historical significance. The route is part of the regional hiking trail network (Hiking Trail No. 599). The trail is divided into stages of about 15 kilometres.

These stages are, in fact, five themes:

The fjord of Uri (from lake to glacier, nature reserve in the Reuss delta);

The wild hay landscape of Switzerland (uphill to the Alpine agriculture);

The wild nature garden of Central Switzerland (the flora of the Alps);

The towns of Beckenried, Buochs, Ennetbürgen, Hammetschwand and resort Bürgenstock;

The lake of the cradle of Switzerland.

(Source and further information: www.via-urschweiz.ch).