Culinary Hike "5-Lakes Picnic Pizol"

Description

Combine the famous 5-lake hike on the Pizol with a picnic prepared especially for you. You get a backpack filled with regional delicacies.

  • Picnic with regional products

  • Ride on the Pizol cable cars (gondola and chair lifts)

  • Five crystal clear mountain lakes 

  • Hike with a view of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona

The 5-lake hike is one of the most beautiful hikes in Switzerland. On your way, you pass five crystal-clear mountain lakes and have a view of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sardonas://unesco-sardona.ch/en/homepage). The picnic backpack filled for you is ideal for the five-hour hike, which you can conveniently pick up at the valley station of the Pizol cable cars in Wangs. You then take a gondola lift and two chairlifts up to the Pizolhütte. Now you can start the 5-lake hike. No matter where you stop along the way: The view is phenomenal everywhere. Another highlight is your provisions: the backpack is filled with regional delicacies. From organic Heidiland cheese and crusty wreaths from the bakery to salsiz from a regional butcher's shop and sweet nibbles. 

Tour details

  • Time required: 6 hours (hiking time Ø 4-5 hours)

  • Distance: 11,4 km

  • Altitude difference: +553 m / -911 m

  • Difficulty: medium

  • Map with altitude profiles://outdoor.heidiland.com/en/tour/hiking-trail/5-lakes-hike-pizol/23429843/#dm=1)

  • Turn-by-turn directionss://outdoor.heidiland.com/en/tour/hiking-trail/5-lakes-hike-pizol/23429843/#dmdtab=oax-tab3)

More Information

Conditions

Notes

  • You can pick up the backpack with the goodies at the cash desk of the Pizol cable cars at the valley station in Wangs. 

  • The backpack, the picnic blanket, the cutting board, Tupperware, glasses and cutlery are available on loan for a deposit of CHF 50.00. Of course you can also bring your own backpack.

  • Good shoes and sporty clothing recommended

  • Own rucksack for additional drinks and clothing recommended

  • You can find the operating times of the Pizol cableways heres://pizol.com/en/book-plan/betriebszeiten-sommer/)

Contents picnic backpack for 2 people

  • 1 pair of Salsiz (Metzgerei Kalberer, Wangs)

  • approx. 200g pasteurised organic Heidiland cheese (Milchzentrale Bad Ragaz)

  • 2 pieces of bread (Bakery Hermann, Wangs)

  • 2 apples

  • 2 blévita

  • 2 Biberli

  • 1 trail mix (250g)

  • 1 red wine 50cl

  • 2 Shorley 0.5l

  • 2 mineral water 0.5l

Booking

  • Bookable from the end of June to October, daily (depending on snow conditions)

  • Bookable from 1 person

  • Online and by phone: until 12.00 the day before

  • Group bookings: for further information, please contact the staff at the Tourist Office Bad Ragaz

**Any questions? **Contact us at: Heidiland Tourism, Tourist Office Bad Ragaz, T +41 81 300 40 20spavillage@heidiland.com

Included Services
  • Mountain railway ticket 5-lake hike of the Pizolbahnen from Wangs

  • Picnic from regional products (handover at Wangs valley station)

  • On loan: Backpack with picnic blanket

Meeting Point

Start at the valley station in Wangss://www.google.com/maps/place/Wangs+Talstation+Pizolbahnen/@47.0288509,9.4321822,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4784cd72e4f7509d:0xc23cd47c38f38fbb!8m2!3d47.0288509!4d9.4321822), Letzistrasse, 7323 Vilters-Wangs Paid parking available at the valley station in Wangs Recommended start time: 08.15 from the valley station

Location
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