Klausen Pass

A series of well-engineered bends leads up to the Vorfrutt (1,812 m/5,945ft), from which four further bends take the road to the Klausen pass (1,948 m/6,391ft; chapel, kiosk), 23km/14mi from Linthal. The road then runs down 1.5km/1mi to the Klausenpasshöhe Hotel (1,838 m/6,030ft) and continues down the Schächen valley, with the 93 m/305ft high Staubi falls. After passing through Urigen (1,280 m/4,200ft) it reaches Unterschächen (994 m/3,261ft), at the mouth of the steep Brunni valley, with a view of the Grosse Windgälle (3,192 m/10,473ft) and the Grosser Ruchen (3,136 m/10,289ft). Between Spiringen and St Loreto is the Kinzigpass inn (640 m/2,100ft), with the 16th C. Loreto chapel. From Brügg a cableway (3.2km/2mi in two stages) runs up in 15minutes to the Biel mountain inn (1,634 m/5,361ft), below the Kinzig pass (2,076 m/6,811ft) over which the Russian General Suvorov was compelled to retreat into the Muota valley in 1799 with 18,000 men suffering heavy losses. After passing through the village of Bürglen we arrive in Altdorf.