This beautiful snowshoe trail at the Melchsee-Frutt mountain resort is a great choice for beginners because it’s quite short and doesn’t have much elevation gain.

I loved that after only a couple minutes on the trail you can’t see the ski resort at all. You feel like you are in a remote wilderness even though you are so close to civilization. You have wide open mountain views the whole time, no forest here – best for a sunny calm day.

But maybe the best part is that after your hike you can sled 8 km down the mountain, a fun reward for your (not so) hard work on the trail.

Easy - 1.5 h - 4 k - 156m - 156m See trail map.

Location: Stöckalp–Melchsee-Frutt gondola - Stöckalp, 6067 Melchtal

Conditions: melchsee-frutt.ch • open status • webcams

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