Pensioners' Trail (Unterer Höhenweg) (Nr. 4a)

Winkelmatten (chapel) – along Pensioner's Trail / unterer Höhenweg - Schönegg

(Hiking time in reverse direction: approx. 1h)

This hike is marked on the signposts as “AHV-Weg / unterer Höhenweg”.

We recommend:

• Good footwear
• Hiking poles (optional)
• Clothing suitable for the weather (always carry a waterproof)

Take time for a stop and rest at one of the benches along the path while enjoying the view of the Matterhorn and the village.

• Plan every mountain tour carefully and adapt to participants’ fitness level as well as the weather and season.
• Weather conditions can change quickly in the mountains. Appropriate clothing is therefore essential, along with adequate supplies of food and water. In uncertain weather, turn back in good time.
• Inform others of planned route, and whenever possible avoid going alone.
• Do not leave the marked routes; do not venture onto glaciers without a mountain guide.
• It is forbidden to walk on the ski pistes.
• Please be considerate to other walkers and to plants and animals.
• Take note of the warning signs drawing attention to the constant danger in river beds and along watercourses below dams and reservoirs.
• Beware: railway crossing