#20
Rigi Traverse
Immensee → Rigi → Arth-Goldau
ImmenseeArth-Goldau
16.9 km ↑ 1,336 m ↓ 1,299 m Nov 2025
Key Facts
Hikes
20
Distance
≈ 203 km
Ascent / descent
↑ 12,700 · ↓ 9,900 m
Hardest hike
Rigi Traverse · ↑ 1,336 ↓ 1,299 m
Region
Swiss Alps & Jura
Status
Ongoing since 2021
The Hikes
#19
Wildhaus → Säntis
Alpstein
WildhausSäntis
9.4 km ↑ 1,460 m ↓ 96 m Sep 2025
#18
Gastlosen Loop
Fribourg Prealps
Loop from Jaun
11.1 km ↑ 593 m ↓ 606 m Sep 2025
#17
First → Faulhorn → Weidli
winter · up on foot, down by sled
FirstWeidli
17.5 km ↑ 547 m ↓ 1,478 m Jan 2025
#16
Lombachalp → Augstmatthorn
above Lake Brienz
LombachalpHarderkulm
10.9 km ↑ 593 m ↓ 845 m Nov 2024
#15
Schynige Platte → Faulhorn → First
Grindelwald
Schynige PlatteFirst
16.4 km ↑ 847 m ↓ 661 m Sep 2024
#14
Alpnachstad → Pilatus
sunrise above Lake Lucerne
AlpnachstadPilatus Kulm
12.9 km ↑ 1490 m Aug 2024
#13
Rigi night hike
sunrise over the Mittelland
ImmenseeRigi Kulm
7.8 km ↑ 1,287 m ↓ 3 m May 2024
#12
Jura Crest Trail
Alpine panorama above the Mittelland
WeissensteinUntergrenchenberg
11.7 km ↑ 422 m ↓ 395 m Apr 2024
#11
Aare Gorge
the Aare gorge in the Haslital
Loop from Meiringen
15.5 km ↑ 468 m ↓ 470 m Oct 2023
#10
Trift Bridge
suspension bridge over the Triftsee
Loop from Triftbahn
5.9 km ↑ 390 m ↓ 393 m Oct 2023
#09
Oeschinensee
Kandersteg
Loop from Oeschinen
9.6 km ↑ 433 m ↓ 437 m Oct 2023
#08
Eiger Trail
below the Eiger north face
EigergletscherAlpiglen
7.3 km ↑ 211 m ↓ 652 m Oct 2023
#07
Creux du Van
rock amphitheatre in the Jura
Loop from Noiraigue
12.3 km ↑ 730 m ↓ 731 m Sep 2023
#06
Pizol Five Lakes
the five-lakes hike
PizolhütteGaffia
10.8 km ↑ 522 m ↓ 882 m Sep 2023
#05
Aletsch Glacier
the largest glacier in the Alps
BettmerhornEggishorn
10.5 km ↑ 180 m ↓ 609 m Sep 2023
#04
Klingenstock – Fronalpstock
the Stoos ridge above Lake Uri
KlingenstockFronalpstock
4.4 km ↑ 251 m ↓ 263 m Aug 2023
#03
Kleine Scheidegg → Männlichen
across snowfields
Kleine ScheideggMännlichen
5.6 km ↑ 200 m ↓ 94 m May 2023
#02
Harderkulm
above Interlaken · uphill only
Interlaken OstHarderkulm
4.9 km ↑ 726 m Oct 2022
#01
Männlichen
five weeks after surgery · there and back
Loop from Männlichen
2 km Jul 2021
The Story
Over the limit
Every hike went one step beyond what the body could already do. The Männlichen — 2 km, five weeks after surgery — was over the limit then. So was each one after it. Controlled overreach, never comfort.
Recover
The push only pays if recovery follows. Overreach breaks the system down; recovery builds it back higher. Skip the recovery and the push is just damage.
New baseline
What was the ceiling becomes the floor. 2 km, once the limit, turned into the warm-up. The Rigi Traverse — 1,336 m up and 1,299 m down — was the hardest of them all, and for me the descent is the harder half. The line keeps moving up.
Over the limit. Recover. New baseline. Then again.
If this resonates, get in touch.