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Pro
Great for a day
Con
maybe a little too crowded in highseason
In a nutshell
great trip when the views are clear
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Switzerlands best panoramaview
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vaskom Says: 28 Abril - 2 Maio 2007: Zurich, Luzern, Jungfraujoch, Pilatus, Lichenstein
Tripack Says: Once on the top, choose your best point of view... You could head up to Esel peak by a narrow alpine path. From there you will get an 360° unique panoramic view on the Luzern Lake, Rigi, Luzern City, Hotel Pilatus, Säntis and many lakes and alpine peaks. You could also take...
Berghaus Fräkmüntegg: Tasteful break
Tripack Says: Fräkmuntegg Restaurant offers a large sun terrace with impressive views of Mount Pilatus and the Alpine panorama. Its location is just next to the gondola station at 1416 metres and is the departure point for many walks, hikes and leisure activities in summer and winter. ...
The one in the background: It was welcome
davesut Says: Typical Swiss food here with breaded snitchel (spelling ?)and rostis the flavour of the day. It was quiet on a week day, the week after Easter so there was plenty of space to eat outside and it was warmer than at the summit. The cable car offered an alternative to the path...
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Tripack Says: A relaxing cruise on the Luzern Lake is a must. You could combinate your Mount Pilatus trip with a 90 minutes cruise from Luzern Pier n°2 to Alpnachstad. So enough time to enjoy the view on the Pilatus from the lake before to enjoy from the top panorama ;-)
Dragon Shop: Busine$$ as usual...
Tripack Says: You will find several shops during your Pilatus experience:*The Dragon Shop on Pilatus Kulm offers a varied assortment of attractive souvenirs and gifts.*Coffee & Shop at the lower cable car station in Kriens provides to the visitors coffee and croissants before the trip....
Tripack Says: The local beer Eichhof is brewed with fresh spring water from Pilatus... What my surprise when I saw on the Mount Pilatus summit a tap directly in the rock with the famous Eichhof beer! A real beerlover trap ;-) Cheers!
Tripack Says: In the Middle Ages, it was believed that dragons with healing powers lived in the rugged clefts and crevices of Mount Pilatus. The dragon's symbol is often associated with Mount Pilatus. Nowadays you could always to try to find them...
Tripack Says: If you are planning to discover our Swiss Alps, don't forget to acclimatize before going on up to the rnountains. Please bear in mind that you need plenty of fluids and time to acclimatize when you are at an altitude of over 9,840 feet / 3'000 meters. You will avoid...
Tripack Says: When planning a visit to the Pilatus, be aware of the opening dates for your favorite transport:- Aerial cableways will cease from 27 October to 14 November 2008 for maintenance work.- Cogwheel railway will only operate from beginning/mid-May to end of November. In fact in...
Big Brother is watching Luzern surroundings...
Tripack Says: Thanks to these webcams, you will be able to get the view from Mount Pilatus and both intermediate cableways stations. Useful if you want to know the current weather conditions. So look if the top view is fine and choose the accurate clothes to wear...
Tripack Says: Want to save some money and looking for a challenging track, so choose the Alpnachstad – Ämsigen (middle station of cogwheel railway) – Pilatus Kulm hiking trail!This steep itinerary climb up alongside the world’s steepest cogwheel railway. At the starting point Alpnachstad,...
hokeypokey Says: Taking the cob railway or the cable railway up the mountain are only two way to get there. If you´re up for something more challenging you can also hike up a zickzack hiking trail. Or rent y bike and mounatin bike up Mount Pilatus. The view will be worth the effort!!!
Big Brother is watching Luzern surroundings...
Tripack Says: Thanks to these webcams, you will be able to get the view from Mount Pilatus and both intermediate cableways stations. Useful if you want to know the current weather conditions. So look if the top view is fine and choose the accurate clothes to wear...Live view from...
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28 Abril - 2 Maio 2007: Zurich, Luzern, Jungfraujoch, Pilatus, Lichenstein
Q: I will staying at interlaken and like to to Mt Pilatus via cogwheel train. which stations is nearer to Interlaken, Kriens or...
A: But the cogwheel trains go from Alpnachstadt, to which there is through railway connection from Interlaken Ost (Brünigbahn, now run by Zentralbahn Interlaken Ost -...
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A must do during your Swiss stay! From the top at 2'312 meters absl, you will reward by a 360° takebreathing panaromic view on the Central Switzerland. The trip to the Pilatus is itself an great......
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Pilatus is a great for a day out when travelling close to Zurich in summer or winter. It is a spot for winter sports and walking in the summer that you will enjoy. Back to davesut's hompage
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We have memories of some nice climbs/hikes in our visits to Switzerland. One of the more difficult was the climb to the top of Mount Pilatus. An all-day event. Of course it would have been easier to...
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STEEPEST COG RAILWAY TO THE SUMMIT OF MT. PILATUS
I couldn't resist getting to the top of at least one mountain during my time in Switzerland and Mt. Pilatus was definitely the closest. The view from the top was cloudy at first but then, as the white...
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