Culinary Hike "5-Lakes Picnic Pizol"

Combine the famous 5-lake hike on the Pizol with a picnic prepared especially for you. You get a backpack filled with regional delicacies.

• Picnic with regional products
• Ride on the Pizol cable cars (gondola and chair lifts)
• Five crystal clear mountain lakes 
• Hike with a view of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona

The 5-lake hike is one of the most beautiful hikes in Switzerland. On your way, you pass five crystal-clear mountain lakes and have a view of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sardona. The picnic backpack filled for you is ideal for the five-hour hike, which you can conveniently pick up at the valley station of the Pizol cable cars in Wangs. You then take a gondola lift and two chairlifts up to the Pizolhütte. Now you can start the 5-lake hike. No matter where you stop along the way: The view is phenomenal everywhere. Another highlight is your provisions: the backpack is filled with regional delicacies. From organic Heidiland cheese and crusty wreaths from the bakery to salsiz from a regional butcher's shop and sweet nibbles. 

Tour details

• Time required: 6 hours (hiking time Ø 4-5 hours)
• Distance: 11,4 km
• Altitude difference: +553 m / -911 m
• Difficulty: medium
• Map with altitude profile
• Turn-by-turn directions

Start at the valley station in Wangs, Letzistrasse, 7323 Vilters-Wangs
Paid parking available at the valley station in Wangs
Recommended start time: 08.15 from the valley station

Notes

• You can pick up the backpack with the goodies at the cash desk of the Pizol cable cars at the valley station in Wangs. 
• The backpack, the picnic blanket, the cutting board, Tupperware, glasses and cutlery are available on loan for a deposit of CHF 50.00. Of course you can also bring your own backpack.
• Good shoes and sporty clothing recommended
• Own rucksack for additional drinks and clothing recommended
• You can find the operating times of the Pizol cableways here

Contents picnic backpack for 2 persons

• 1 pair of Salsiz (Metzgerei Kalberer, Wangs)
• approx. 200g pasteurised organic Heidiland cheese (Milchzentrale Bad Ragaz)
• 250g Ruchbrot, sliced (Bakery Hermann, Wangs)
• 2 apples
• 2 muesli
• 2 Biberli
• 1 trail mix (250g)
• 1 red wine 50cl
• 2 Shorley 0.5l
• 2 mineral water 0.5l

Booking

• Bookable from June to October, daily (depending on snow conditions)
• Bookable from 1 person
• Online and by phone: until 12.00 the day before
• Group bookings: for further information, please contact the staff at the Tourist Office Bad Ragaz

Any questions?
Contact us at: Heidiland Tourism, Tourist Office Bad Ragaz,
T +41 81 300 40 20, spavillage@heidiland.com