Gersau

Gersau (440 m/1,444ft) is the oldest health resort on the Vierwaldstätter See, occupying a charming sheltered site. From here, a mountain road leads north (5.5km/3mi) to the lower station, at Gschwend (1,012 m/ 3,320ft: inn), of a cableway which runs northwest to the Burggeist guest-house, 20minutes below the Rigi-Sheidegg peak (1,665 m/5,463ft). Beyond Gersau, the road continues close to the shore or on the wooded slopes above the lake. It passes the old Kindlimord chapel (rebuilt 1708), at the foot of the Rigi-Hochfluh (1,702 m/5,584ft), with a view of the two peaks of the Mythen. Soon after this, the Lake Uri comes into view beyond the Treib promontory. 4km/2mi further on, to the left, is a cableway up the Urmiberg.