Church in Wassen.Moderately hard ride 70km ride from Walchwil to Andermatt. All of the ride, except for the last 5km of climbing from Göschenen to Andermatt, was very pleasant. The last 5km is very pretty road, but there can be lots of traffic on the mountain switchbacks and very little shoulder for riding; whereas the cogwheel train between Göschenen to Andermatt along the same stretch is very pleasant.
Ride hightlights:
Ride hightlights:
- ride along the shorelines of 3 pretty lakes: Zuggersee, Lauerzsee, and Vierwaldstättersee
- has option to start or stop the ride at any of several train stations: Zug, Walchwil, Arth-Goldau, Flüelen, Altdorf, and Erstfeld
- relatively flat for first 40km until reaching the village of Amstag
- pleasant climb from Amstag to Wassen
This bike route travels parallel to a very popular train route between Zurich and Italy. If you ride the train along this section in order to climb the valley it must do a 'corkscrew' climb via some tunnels near Wassen. If you look out the window near Wassen you'll see the big white church of Wassen three seperate times as the train disappears into one tunnel and comes out at a higher one in the corkscrew.
