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Culinary Hike "5-Lakes Picnic Pizol"
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Combine the famous 5-lake hike on the Pizol with a picnic prepared especially for you. You get a backpack filled with regional delicacies.
- Picnic with regional products
- Ride on the Pizol cable cars (gondola and chair lifts)
- Five crystal clear mountain lakes
- Hike with a view of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona
The 5-lake hike is one of the most beautiful hikes in Switzerland. On your way, you pass five crystal-clear mountain lakes and have a view of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sardona. The picnic backpack filled for you is ideal for the five-hour hike, which you can conveniently pick up at the valley station of the Pizol cable cars in Wangs. You then take a gondola lift and two chairlifts up to the Pizolhütte. Now you can start the 5-lake hike. No matter where you stop along the way: The view is phenomenal everywhere. Another highlight is your provisions: the backpack is filled with regional delicacies. From organic Heidiland cheese and crusty wreaths from the bakery to salsiz from a regional butcher's shop and sweet nibbles.
Tour details
- Time required: 6 hours (hiking time Ø 4-5 hours)
- Distance: 11,4 km
- Altitude difference: +553 m / -911 m
- Difficulty: medium
- Map with altitude profile
- Turn-by-turn directions
Notes
- You can pick up the backpack with the goodies at the cash desk of the Pizol cable cars at the valley station in Wangs.
- The backpack, the picnic blanket, the cutting board, Tupperware, glasses and cutlery are available on loan for a deposit of CHF 50.00. Of course you can also bring your own backpack.
- Good shoes and sporty clothing recommended
- Own rucksack for additional drinks and clothing recommended
- You can find the operating times of the Pizol cableways here
Contents picnic backpack for 2 people
- 1 pair of Salsiz (Metzgerei Kalberer, Wangs)
- approx. 200g pasteurised organic Heidiland cheese (Milchzentrale Bad Ragaz)
- 2 pieces of bread (Bakery Hermann, Wangs)
- 2 apples
- 2 cantuccini
- 2 Biberli
- 1 trail mix (250g)
- 1 red wine 50cl
- 2 Shorley 0.5l
- 2 mineral water 0.5l
Booking
- Bookable from the end of June to October, daily (depending on snow conditions)
- Bookable from 1 person
- Online and by phone: until 12.00 the day before
- Group bookings: for further information, please contact the staff at the Tourist Office Bad Ragaz
Any questions?
Contact us at: Heidiland Tourism, Tourist Office Bad Ragaz,
T +41 81 300 40 20, badragaz@heidiland.com
- Mountain railway ticket 5-lake hike of the Pizolbahnen from Wangs
- Picnic from regional products (handover at Wangs valley station)
- On loan: Backpack with picnic blanket
Start at the valley station in Wangs, Letzistrasse, 7323 Vilters-Wangs
Paid parking available at the valley station in Wangs
Recommended start time: 08.15 from the valley station
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03.06.2021 - 01.01.2027 CHF 90Basic price offer
03.06.2021 - 01.01.2027 CHF 140 Responsible for this content: Heidiland Tourism Ltd..