Why this ride
From Greifensee it runs 359 km to Greifensee; allow about 5 h 34 of riding. It goes by way of Egelsee, Robenhausen, Riedmatt and Riesi. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Storen-Wildsberg and Riesi
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 359 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 34
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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.
Scenic road chapters
Storen-Wildsberg → Egelsee
This part of the ride is 41 km of Storen-Wildsberg → Egelsee.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 41 km
Grand Tour of Switzerland
For about 52 km this is Grand Tour of Switzerland, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it. Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 52 km
- Named road
- Grand Tour of Switzerland
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Storen-Wildsberg
The Greifensee lies just east of Zurich, a shallow, quiet lake of about six kilometres in length, framed by reeds, meadows and the gentle hills of the Zurich Oberland. Its shores are largely protected, and there is no road running right along the water, which keeps it remarkably calm for a lake so close to Switzerland's biggest city. At Storen-Wildsberg near the village of Greifensee, the remains of a prehistoric settlement lie under the water and in the shoreline sediments, one of the Swiss sites in the UNESCO listing of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. As with all of them, it is the ground itself that is protected; there is nothing to see except the reeds and the water.
Read the complete Storen-Wildsberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Storen-Wildsberg is where the day begins. Next is Egelsee.
2. Egelsee
There is almost nothing to see at the Egelsee, and that is part of its charm. It is a small, reed-fringed bog lake in the rolling Thurgau countryside between Gachnang and Frauenfeld, and under its peat and mud lie the remains of a Neolithic lakeside settlement, timber piles and floor layers preserved for thousands of years because air never reached them. It is one of the many sites that make up the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps on the UNESCO list, and unlike the reconstructed villages you find elsewhere, this one has been left in the ground on purpose. Archaeologists consider the soggy earth the best museum there is.
Read the complete Egelsee write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Egelsee comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Robenhausen.
3. Robenhausen
In 1858 a local man named Jakob Messikommer began digging in the peat bog at Robenhausen, on the southern end of the Pfäffikersee in the Zurich Oberland, and he spent decades uncovering a remarkably rich Neolithic pile-dwelling settlement. His finds, from stone axes to woven textiles and charred bread, travelled to museums around the world and helped make Swiss lake dwellings famous. Today Robenhausen is one of the components of the UNESCO Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps, though what remains lies underground in a protected wetland.
Read the complete Robenhausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 88 km into the recorded legs you reach Robenhausen. Next is Riedmatt.
4. Riedmatt
Zug has a reputation as one of the wealthiest places in Switzerland, a small canton of low taxes, glass office blocks and companies registered by the hundred. But beneath the surface, quite literally, lies a much older story. Along the shores of Lake Zug, archaeologists have found the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age villages built on piles in the shallow water and marshy ground, and Riedmatt, near the border between Steinhausen, Cham and Zug, is one of the sites included in the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps World Heritage listing. As with most such sites, there is nothing visible on the surface; the remains are preserved in the waterlogged ground.
Read the complete Riedmatt write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Riedmatt, about halfway. Next is Riesi.
5. Riesi
Riesi is a stretch of shoreline at the northern end of the Hallwilersee, a long, narrow lake in the Aargau Seetal, between the villages of Seengen and Boniswil. It is a peaceful place of reeds, meadows and walking paths, and below the water and in the marshy ground lie the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements, part of the World Heritage list of such sites around the Alps.
Read the complete Riesi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Riesi sits at 143 km, about halfway. Next is back through Riedmatt.
6. back through Riedmatt
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Riedmatt write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Riedmatt comes up about 219 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Robenhausen.
7. back through Robenhausen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Robenhausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 270 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Robenhausen. Next is back through Egelsee.
8. back through Egelsee
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Egelsee write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Egelsee, late in the day. Next is Storen-Wildsberg.
9. Storen-Wildsberg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Storen-Wildsberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 359 km.
Leg by leg
Storen-Wildsberg to Egelsee
Storen-Wildsberg → Egelsee is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Egelsee to Robenhausen
Egelsee → Robenhausen is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Robenhausen to Riedmatt
Robenhausen → Riedmatt is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Riedmatt to Riesi
Riedmatt → Riesi is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Riesi to back through Riedmatt
Riesi → back through Riedmatt is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Riedmatt to back through Robenhausen
back through Riedmatt → back through Robenhausen is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Robenhausen to back through Egelsee
back through Robenhausen → back through Egelsee is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Egelsee to Storen-Wildsberg
back through Egelsee → Storen-Wildsberg is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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