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Lucerne to Mount Rigi
Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Lucerne to Mount Rigi

Length25 mi
Elev. Gain4956.1 ft
Est. Steps58000
Trail
Created by Nikki

Lucerne to Mount Rigi Introduction

Lucerne to Mount Rigi is a 25 mile (58,000-step) route located near Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. This route has an elevation gain of about 4956.1 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
This beautiful hike takes in a scenic ferry from Lucerne to Vitznau, funicular train ride to the top of Mount Rigi, return train to Weggis by cable car to catch return ferry 😎Beautiful sunny day, great food and cold beer at Rigi Kulm hotel - jaw dropping scenery with panoramic hikes, can also ski snowboard or toboggan down.

Attractions Near Lucerne to Mount Rigi

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Spreuer Bridge

Historical
The Spreuer Bridge (German: Spreuerbrücke, formerly also Mühlenbrücke) is one of two extant covered wooden footbridges in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. Besides the other preserved bridge, the Kapellbrücke, a third bridge of this type – the Hofbrücke – existed in Lucerne, but was demolished in the 19th century.

Auguste Piccard (PX-8)

Tourist Attraction
The Auguste Piccard mesoscaphe, also known simply as the Mésoscaphe, was a manned underwater submarine designed in 1964 by Jacques Piccard, son of Auguste Piccard. It was the world's first passenger submarine, built for Expo64, the 1964 Swiss national exhibition in Lausanne. It was built at the Giovanola fabrication plant in Monthey and the first immersion took place in Le Bouveret on 27 February 1964.

Rigi Kaltbad

Tourist Attraction
Rigi Kaltbad is a resort in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Lucerne. The resort sits on a sunny terrace at a height of 1,433 metres, overlooking Lake Lucerne above Weggis in Central Switzerland. The locality is part of the municipality of Weggis.Rigi Kaltbad is located on the flanks of the Rigi and is connected to Vitznau by the Rigi Railways.

Kapellbrücke

Historical
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire.

Swiss Museum of Transport

Tourist Attraction
The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (literally "Transportation House of Switzerland") in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport, including locomotive, automobiles, ships, and aircraft) as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum.

Church of St. Leodegar (Lucerne)

Building
The Church of St. Leodegar (German: St. Leodegar im Hof or Hofkirche St. Leodegar) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. It was built in parts from 1633 to 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica which had burnt in 1633. This church was one of the few built north of the Alps during the Thirty Years War and one of the largest art history rich churches of the German late renaissance period.

Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland

Place
Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland is a culinary school located in Switzerland and a member school of Swiss Education Group.Bachelor students are based at the Le Bouveret campus in French-speaking Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva. Master's students, as well as the Chocolate and Pastry Specialisation students, are based at the city campus of Lucerne, in German-speaking Switzerland.

Reichmuth & Co

Place
Reichmuth & Co is a Swiss private bank that was founded in Luzern, Switzerland, in 1988. It was the first private bank created in Switzerland in 80 years. Its general partners are Karl Reichmuth (President, since 1996), Christof Reichmuth (CEO and CIO; Karl Reichmuth's son), and Juerg Staub. As of 2012, it was one of 12 unlimited liability bank members listed by the Swiss Private Bankers Association.

Jesuit Church, Lucerne

Building
The Lucerne Jesuit Church is a Catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland. It is the first large baroque church built in Switzerland north of the Alps. The Jesuit order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534, were active participants in the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic fight against the birth of Protestantism.

Rigi Railways

Place
Rigi Railways (German: Rigi Bahnen) is a group of railways on the mountain Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau–Rigi Bahn (VRB) and the Arth–Rigi Bahn (ARB), along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis–Rigi Kaltbad (LWRK) cable car and six smaller cable cars: Luftseilbahn Kräbel–Rigi Scheidegg (LKR), Luftseilbahn Obergschwend–Rigi Burggeist (LORB), Luftseilbahn Küssnacht–Seebodenalp (LKüS), Luftseilbahn Vitznau–Hinterbergen (LVH), Luftseilbahn Vitznau–Wissifluh (LVW), and Luftseilbahn Brunnen–Urmiberg (LBU).
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

25 mi

Elev. Gain

4956.1 ft

Est. Steps

58000
Created by
Nikki
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