Via Alpina: Elm Station – Linthal
National route 1 · Stage 4 of 20 · Glarus
- Length
- 24.8 km
- Ascent
- 1654 m
- Descent
- 1967 m
- Walking time
- 9 h 09
- highest point
- 2262 m
- Difficulty
- T2
- Start · Stop
- Elm, Station
- Finish · Stop
- Linthal, Bahnhof
Along the way
- Bergrestaurant Ämpächli
- Bergbeizli Älpli
- Berghotel Bischofalp
- Skihütte Obererbs
- Richetlipass
Wandra plans the whole day: travel there and back by train, bus and cable car, weather, crowding and safety – and the latest time you can set off.
Other stages of this route
- Vorder Bärgälla – Sargans28 km · 476 m · 7 h 28
- Sargans – Weisstannen13.2 km · 818 m · 4 h 16
- Weisstannen – Elm Station22.3 km · 1420 m · 7 h 50
- Linthal – Urnerboden, Dorf15.9 km · 1078 m · 5 h 20
- Urnerboden, Dorf – Altdorf Tellspielhaus27.3 km · 1025 m · 8 h 21
- Altdorf Tellspielhaus – Engelberg29.5 km · 2056 m · 10 h 41
- Engelberg – Engstlenalp11.8 km · 1275 m · 4 h 56
- Engstlenalp – Meiringen22.2 km · 731 m · 6 h 53
- Meiringen – Grindelwald Bhf.22.9 km · 1535 m · 7 h 55
- Grindelwald Bhf. – Lauterbrunnen19.7 km · 1170 m · 6 h 40
- Lauterbrunnen – Griesalp22.4 km · 2012 m · 9 h 07
- Griesalp – Kandersteg17.2 km · 1452 m · 7 h 16