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Tour around the ponds

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 30 minutesLength: 1.50 km

Season

All season

Contact

Naturpark Pfyn-Finges
Kirchstrasse 6
3970 Salgesch
Tel. +41 (0)27 452 60 60

www.pfyn-finges.ch

Naturpark Pfyn-Finges - Open pine forests, picturesque pools and rare flowers

Distance 1.5 km
Time required 0 h 30
Height difference: ascent 50 m
Height difference descent 50 m

Surprise yourself...and experience the unusually high biodiversity in the Pfyn/Finges nature reserve. Picturesque ponds bask in the sun between hills covered in pine trees and offer plants, dragonflies, snakes, frogs and water birds a unique habitat. It is no wonder that this place also inspired people like Rilke, Maurice Chappaz and Corina Bille.

Route-information

Route-information

Length
1.50 km
Altitude difference ascent
50 m
Altitude difference descent
50 m
Time required
1 hour 30 minutes
Level technique
Easy
Level condition
Easy
Height profile view map

Details

Start at the Ermitage restaurant - follow the sign posts "Rundgang Teiche"
(Restaurant Ermitage is currently closed)

  • child-friendly

Possibilities for catering

Ermitage restaurant: (Restaurant Ermitage is currently closed)
Closed on Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10.00 a.m. to 20.00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 10.00 a.m. to 23.00 p.m.
Sunday: 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
(can be opened or closed earlier or later on request at the Ermitage Restaurant)

Price information

free of charge

Infrastructure

- Restaurant Ermitage and Info pavilion A9
- Parking area at the Ermitage restaurant
(Restaurant Ermitage is currently closed)

  • Playground
  • Picnicplace
  • Toilet

Arrival

Starting point
Ermitage (Altitude: 559 m)
Arrival by public transport
Leuk, Pfynwald Ermitage Timetable SBB
Destination
Ermitage (Altitude: 559 m)
Arrival by public transport
Leuk, Pfynwald Ermitage Timetable SBB

Suitable for

The offer is suitable for

  • Adults
  • Children < 6 years
  • Children from 7-12 years
  • Children >12 years
  • 50+

To discover on the trail

Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Ponds in the forest of Pfyn

In the heart of the forest of Pfyn/Finges the groundwater forms a series of ponds with resounding names such as: Muggotolo, Pfafforetsee, Muggenseeli, Rosensee and Schafsee.

Natural landscape / Habitat
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Pfyn-Finges Nature Reserve

The forest of Pfyn/Finges nature reserve is the centrepiece of the regional nature park Pfyn/Finges. The forest of Pfyn/Finges has been officially protected since 1997, after it had already been included in the KLN inventory in 1963.

Natural landscape / Habitat
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Dragonflies

Among all the insects that enliven the ponds and channels in the Pfyn forest, the dragonflies are definitely the most elegant and easiest to observe. There are two types of dragonfly in the forest: The small dragonfly and the large dragonfly.

Fauna

Routes in the vicinity

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E-bike itinerary
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Hiking trail
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Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
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Theme trailHiking trail
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Theme trailHiking trail
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Hiking trail
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1 La Route Verte - 1st stage

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E-bike itinerary
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E-bike itinerary
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Mountainbike trail
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Open

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Hiking trail
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07 Chamanna Cluozza

Open

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Hiking trail
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Open

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Hiking trail
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Theme trail
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Hiking trail
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Hiking trail
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Hiking trail
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Hiking trail
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