Bike Trails

The region’s clearly marked mountain bike tours offer thrilling expeditions through beautiful natural landscapes for cyclists of all abilities. There are tours that include cable car trips, trails offering plenty of flow, and routes with challenging ascents. However you prefer to ride, the Engelberg region has the ideal tour for you.

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Alpine Cheese Trail by e-bike, Blackenalp section

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    The e-bike tour from Engelberg to Blackenalp takes you through beautiful natural surroundings, with plenty of opportunities to taste delicious local produce at Alpine inns and cheese dairies.
    moderate
    Distance 16 km
    1:40 h
    831 m
    168 m
    1,775 m
    1,005 m

    The tour starts at the Abbey’s artisan cheese dairy and takes the gentle uphill road to the Fürenalp valley cableway station. The valley gets gradually steeper and after around 1.5 km the terrain under your tyres changes to gravel. After that comes a steady uphill climb past the Herrenrüti and onwards to the Alpenrösli restaurant. Your e-bike’s motor will be tested on the final short but steep climb over coarse gravel to the Stäfeli. From the Stäfeli mountain pasture (where you will find the first Alpine dairy on the tour) the gravel roads veers to the right and crosses the Stierenbach stream. From there you ride along the undulating new forest road on the right-hand side of the valley, heading towards the Stäuber waterfall. You then continue on to the Blackenalp, where you can visit the Blackenalp Alpine dairy with its rustic mountain inn. Those who still have plenty of energy and don’t want to return home yet can take a detour up to the Steinäbnet and Surenen dairies in Äbnet. Upon your return to the waterfall, take the same route down to the Fürenalp valley station. The route will fork after you pass the gravel car park. Take the dirt path that leads into the woods. This will lead you past the golf course and along the Aa river back into the village.


    Please note that depending on weather conditions (snow conditions) not all alpine cheese dairies are occupied in June.

    Author’s recommendation

    Refreshments are available at the various mountain inns: the Alpenrösli restaurant, the Stäfeli restaurant, the Äbnet mountain farm, the Blackenalp.
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    Update: August 12, 2021
    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Experience
    Landscape
    Highest point
    1,775 m
    Lowest point
    1,005 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 35.74%Dirt road 60.15%Unknown 4.10%
    Asphalt
    5.7 km
    Dirt road
    9.7 km
    Unknown
    0.7 km
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    Start

    Abbey’s artisan cheese dairy Engelberg
    Coordinates:
    SwissGrid
    2'674'018E 1'185'845N
    DD
    46.819641, 8.408596
    DMS
    46°49'10.7"N 8°24'30.9"E
    UTM
    32T 454887 5185291
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    Destination

    Abbey’s artisan cheese dairy Engelberg

    Turn-by-turn directions

    Abbey’s artisan cheese dairy Engelberg-Eienwäldli-Wasserfall-Fürenalp Talstation-Herrenrüti-Alpenrösli-Stäfeli-Stäuber-Blackenalp-Äbnet-Stäuber-Stäfeli-Alpenrösli-Herrenrüti-Fürenalp Talstation-Wasserfall-Eienwäldli-Abbey’s artisan cheese dairy Engelberg

    Public transport

    Nationale und internationale Verbindungen (ab Zürich Flughafen Verbindungen im Halbstundentakt mit ca. 1h Fahrzeit) bis Luzern. Danach mit der Zentralbahn in 43 Minuten durch eine abwechslungsreiche Landschaft und Schluchten hinauf nach Engelberg.

    Directions

    Mit dem Auto fahren Sie auf der A2 (Basel-Gotthard) bis Stans Süd, dann auf der Hauptstrasse 20 km nach Engelberg. Engelberg liegt 30 Minuten von Luzern, 1 Stunde und 15 Minuten von Basel, Zürich oder Bern. 

    Parking

    Parkplätze stehen in Engelberg kostenpflichtig zur Verfügung.

    Coordinates

    SwissGrid
    2'674'018E 1'185'845N
    DD
    46.819641, 8.408596
    DMS
    46°49'10.7"N 8°24'30.9"E
    UTM
    32T 454887 5185291
    w3w 
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    Equipment

    Engelberg’s bike shops have a wide range of bikes and cycling accessories for sale or hire. It’s also worth stopping by if your bike is in need of repairs or replacement parts.

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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    16 km
    Duration
    1:40 h
    Ascent
    831 m
    Descent
    168 m
    Highest point
    1,775 m
    Lowest point
    1,005 m
    Linear routeRefreshment stops availableeBike

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