Along the Walensee

The forecast was better in the east, so we opted for a hike along the Walensee. We weren't 100% sure what conditions were going to be like, so we left ourselves some flexibility with what exactly we'd do and brought along the ice axes just in case we did decide to head up high or maybe go through the Gocht couloir.

We start at the beginning of Amden and head east along the trail and down to Betlis. Past the Seerenbachfälle (really pretty and impressive area) and onward. Up, up through the Rüsteliwald, lunch break in the sun (!) with a view near p918, and onward. At the fork near p932 we opt not to take the high route (there looks to be plenty of snow up high and we are enjoying just walking) and head on and then down to Quinten. Here along the lake shore (nice!), past Gand and Josenhaab, and then heading up, up again past Engen and Frachtina. Here we opt to walk down to Walenstadt rather than the shorter stretch to the Walenstadtberg and the bus (according to the radar we have time to make it down without getting too wet), so down, down we go. Another short food break at the park on the lake outside of Walendstadt (still looks good on the radar!) and then through town (some kind of Fasnacht thing going on) and to the train station for the trip home.

This was a really nice walk (would also be a good run, though plenty of vertical in it) and a great way to spend the first day of February. :-)

Track:
Stats: 19km, 1000m up, 1200m down, 5h20 total time with breaks, 4h40 moving time (there weren't a lot of breaks)