Stanserhorn, Switzerland. Day 8/9. 25 Aug to 2 Sep 2022.

1 Sep 2022. Thursday.

Weather forecast for Stanserhorn, 12 to 14 degrees celsius.

Unlike other days, we felt cool today. Lots of clouds passing us while we were hiking at the Stanserhorn mountain. We have to put on our sweater to keep us warm. When the sun came out of the clouds, we felt warm but felt nothing like what we experienced in Iseltwald or Grindelwald where our skin was sunburnt.

An attraction that I searched to make full use of our Swiss Travel Pass since we paid so much for it. It was the CABRIO CABLEWAY, the roofless cable car that attracted me.

The Stanserhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, located about 1 hour away from Lucerne, with the peak at 1,898 metres (6,227 ft) above sea level. The Swiss Travel Pass covers all transportation cost including funicular and cable car ride all the way to the mountain top.

It took less than 2 hours to reach Stancerhorn from Zurich. We took a train to Lucerne, transfer to another train to Stans train station. From Stan train Staion, we walked to Stancerhorn funicular station, took the funicular to Kaelti, transfer to the open top cable car to Stancerhorn mountain.
So to say, if we were based in Lucerne, it will be so near to visit this place.

An example of the itinerary of the whole journey including funicular and cable car.

An example of our alternative train journey. Instead for heading straight to Luzern in one train, we have to make a transfer to at Zug for a 2nd train.
After the train incident to Rhine Falls, we take note of announcement seriously this time. Then it happened again. An announcement was made about train disruption at Zug after we secured a good seat at Zurich HB station, before the train took off. Without fully understand the message, we picked up our belongings and went down the train. We actually searched for another train and went to another platform, only to know that the 2nd train will face the same issue. We realised that the impact will only affect us at Zug station. Since we have 1 more minute, we ran all the way back to our train again. So lucky we were able to enter the train before the door close in time, otherwise we will need to wait for another hour for the next train.
Due to some train disruption between Zurich HB and Lucerne Station, we have to transfer to a local train at Zug station. The transfer actually did not affect our journey that much. Just that the local train was more crowded thats all.

Stancerhorn Station- where we took the funicular.
A short stroll from Stans train station, we arrived at Stancerhorn Station.
There were signboards showing direction towards Stancerhorn Station. Will not get loss.

The funicular.
Lots of locals visited this place. We were asked to wait for the 2nd funicular since the 1st one was crowded. Only a short wait, the next funicular arrived and we went for the open seat.

The funicular journey was about 10 minutes, quite long and enjoyable. We passed by large open field passing cows in open filed. At Kaelti station, we were ushered to the open top cable car - The Cabrio Cabel way.
All of us climbed via the circular stairs in the cable car to the 2nd deck for a feel of the open air while travelling in the sky. We were unlucky (so called) that day, we were not able to view any scenery as it was cloudy. Clouds blocked our view when we ascent upwards, this made it more amazing, like we were travelling into the infinity.

The Stancerhorn cable car station.
Coincidentally, we were able to view the station when the cable car reach the mountain in another 10 minutes. Look, the clouds were below the station. Money cannot buy these experience.

The Stancerhorn.
We reached the cable car station, viewing deck and restaurant. Toilets are free.

There is a trail for us to hike up the peak. Clouds passed us while we hike up the mountains.
Really fun to race against the clouds, take picture when the sky is clear, when clouds looked like cotton below us. So beautiful.
I can only spot 1 bird for the whole trip here. Spoken with the ranger here, he told me birds has migrated since weather is turning cold.

Top picture : Peak of Stanserhorn.
Bottom picture : View of cable car station, viewing gallery and restaurant from the peak.
Reaching this peak was easy. Trail was properly constructed and not very steep.