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Winter hiking in Rigi
Two routes on the Rigi above Lake Lucerne, reached by cog railway or cable car: a lake-view walk down from Rigi Kulm and the panorama path between Rigi Scheidegg and Rigi Kaltbad. Each is on the official list of Swiss winter hiking trails, with a map and a free GPX.
Before you go: is it open today?
Winter paths open, close and are prepared from day to day, and lifts and mountain railways keep their own winter timetables. This page cannot say what is open today.
Rigi Live: which railways run today (Rigi Bahnen; no list by trail)
Each route below also links to its page at SwitzerlandMobility. Daylight in mid-January: about 08:08 to 17:02 (8 h 54) on a flat horizon; mountains shorten it in the valleys.
- 571
Rigi Lake View Walk
From Rigi Kulm to Rigi Kaltbad, via Rigi Staffel
- Distance
- 3.9 km
- Walking time
- 1 h 151 h 40 the other way
- Up / down
- 25 / 330 m
- Height
- 1,436–1,749 m
- Difficulty
- MediumOne way
GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start
- 570
Rigi-Panoramaweg
From Rigi Scheidegg to Rigi Kaltbad, via Rigi First
- Distance
- 7.1 km
- Walking time
- 2 h 002 h 20 the other way
- Up / down
- 25 / 230 m
- Height
- 1,431–1,642 m
- Difficulty
- MediumOne way
GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start
About these routes
Routes, figures and difficulty come from the official list of Swiss winter hiking trails (Winterwanderwege) kept by the Federal Roads Office FEDRO with SwitzerlandMobility, the cantons and the Swiss Hiking Trail Association: SwitzerlandMobility's selection, as listed for winter 2025/26 (dataset updated 23 January 2026). Walking times are the source's, for the way the line is drawn. TrailSplits has not walked these routes; signs and conditions on site decide.
Source: FEDRO, Winter hiking trails (ch.astra.winterwanderwege), open use with the source named (opendata.swiss terms). Read 10 October 2026.