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

Included
Mountain railway ticket 5-lake hike of the Pizolbahnen from Wangs
Picnic from regional products (handover at Wangs valley station)
On loan: Backpack with picnic blanket

Conditions
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

Meeting point
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