Dieppe to Geneva walk 2023: DAY 55 - EINSIEDELN to MORSCHACH (Saturday 10 June)

This was our longest day's walk in Switzerland so far, and one that took us into the mountains. We were again on the Jakobsweg for most of the way, only diverging from it for the last 6 or 7 kilometres into Morschach.

Into the mountains today

We left Einsiedeln via the monastery, where the infrastructure was being installed for tomorrow's Tour de Suisse stage. We followed the Jakobsweg out of town and along a fairly flat river valley for almost ten kilometres.

We left Einsiedeln as the stage was being set for tomorrow's opening stage of the 2023 Tour de Suisse

The Jakobsweg out of Einsiedeln was fairly flat for a while.

We saw several other walkers and lots of cyclists on the path today

Eventually the path took a right turn and started rising quite steeply. There was a rapid altitude gain leading to the Haggenegg, at over 1400 metres the highest point of our trip so far. On the way up we had close views of the Kleiner Mythen and the Grosser Mythen, two peaks which dominate the landscape for kilometres around.

The path started climbing quite steeply

At one point we had to cross a raging torrent

Haven't had a puddle photo for a while

The views of the Grosser Mythen and the Kleiner Mythen opened up as we approached the Haggenegg

The Haggenegg was the high point of today's walk. From the pass, the landscape ahead of us was revealed: two lakes, lots of mountains, and a view of where we would be walking for the rest of the day.

View from the Haggenegg. The Mythens on the left, Vierwaldstättersee in the middle, Lauerzersee on the right.

The descent into Schwyz was relatively short and very steep in places. The views on the way down were amazing.

The descent from the Haggenegg was quite steep in places

The views on the way down were pretty spectacular

Down into Schwyz

In the town of Schwyz, we were treated to a wedding cavalcade driving past. We also recreated another moment from a previous trip.

Wedding car, Schwyz. This car was followed by 10 or 12 others, all blaring their horns as they made their way through the town

Australian student in Schwyz, January 1985. Looks cold.

The above view has since been obscured

Here is a near approximation. The Australian is no longer a student, but is now a long-distance walker. Not so cold today.

After Schwyz the Jakobsweg continues down to the Vierwaldstättersee. We left it to climb up over a ridge to the village of Morschach, our destination for the day. When we reached the ridge there were panoramic views over the Vierwaldstättersee and the surrounding mountains.