Gitschital Bike

Gitschital Bike offers you a fantastic combination between Lake Lucerne and a mountain valley. This varied tour, peppered with hearty climbs, takes you into a quiet and secluded side valley. From Altdorf train station, you ride north to Wild Ried and then west along a country path to Unterdorf. Besides visiting the A Pro Castle and its mineral exhibition, an additional loop to Lake Uri with its bathing islands called Lorelei is recommended. After the turnoff at the St. Lazarus Monastery, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages and which is the oldest monastery in the canton of Uri, the tour continuously climbs up to the Gitschital forest road. This winding road with sharp climbs is challenging. Before entering the tunnel into Gitschital, you should definitely stop at the Stotzigen viewpoint – the view of the Reuss delta is overwhelming. The last 3 kilometers lead through cool forest sections and alpine meadows before you reach the Gitschitaler Boden, the highest point of the route. You take the same way down to Bodenwald. Then you roll south through the Freiherrendorf, with views of the historic castle ruins of Attinghausen, back to the starting point.