CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Reinach it runs 122 km to Reinach; allow about 2 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Halbinsel, Kehrsiten and back through Halbinsel. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 41 km this is Lake Lucerne Axenstrasse, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Lake Hallwil is a long, narrow lake in the Aargau, lying north to south between low hills, and it is the quiet cousin of the bigger Swiss lakes. At its northern end stands a moated castle, Schloss Hallwyl, a grey medieval fortress surrounded by water that looks as if it belongs on a stage, and which holds a museum of its centuries of family life. The lake's shore is a mix of reed beds, meadows and villages, and the water is clean enough for swimming in summer. Rowing boats and small sailboats drift across it on warm afternoons.
Read the complete Ägelmoos write-up.
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Ägelmoos is where the day begins. Next is Halbinsel.
At the northern tip of Lake Sempach, near the little town of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne, a small peninsula pushes into the water, and on and around it lie the remains of prehistoric lakeside settlements, part of the World Heritage site of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. Nothing remains visible above ground, but under the water and in the wet soil of the shore, piles and objects have survived for thousands of years, telling the story of farmers and fishermen who lived here long before the Romans. Today, the shore is a quiet area of reeds, meadows and paths, popular with walkers and cyclists.
Read the complete Halbinsel write-up.
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Halbinsel comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kehrsiten.
Kehrsiten is a small settlement on the southern shore of Lake Lucerne, at the foot of the Bürgenstock, a steep, forested ridge that juts out into the lake, and it feels almost cut off from the rest of Switzerland. A narrow road follows the shore from Stansstad, squeezed between the rocks and the water, and ends here; beyond, the cliffs of the Bürgenstock drop straight into the lake. For most visitors, Kehrsiten is the place where the boat from Lucerne stops and the Bürgenstock funicular begins, climbing steeply through the forest to the resort on top, which has been welcoming guests since the late nineteenth century.
Read the complete Kehrsiten write-up.
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about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Kehrsiten. Next is back through Halbinsel.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Halbinsel write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Halbinsel, late in the day. Next is Ägelmoos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ägelmoos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Ägelmoos. That is the ride.
Ägelmoos → Halbinsel is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Halbinsel → Kehrsiten is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kehrsiten → back through Halbinsel is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Halbinsel → Ägelmoos is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.