Why this ride
A 90 km round trip from Cham - roughly 1 h 30 in the saddle. On the way it passes Vorder Au, Technikum and back through Vorder Au. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sumpf and Technikum
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 90 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 30
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sumpf
Zug-Sumpf was a Bronze Age village on the northern shore of Lake Zug, near the mouth of the river Lorze between Cham and Steinhausen, and the waterlogged ground preserved wooden floors, posts and objects for over three thousand years. Excavations in the twentieth century recovered pottery, bronze tools and even remains of food, and the site sits on the World Heritage list as part of the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps. Some of the finds are displayed in the museum of prehistory in Zug. Today the site lies under modern buildings and meadows, and only the name, which means swamp, recalls its watery origin.
Read the complete Sumpf write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sumpf is where the day begins. Next is Vorder Au.
2. Vorder Au
The Au peninsula pokes out into Lake Zurich like a green thumb, and at its tip, Vorder Au, the shallow water hides traces of villages built on piles thousands of years ago. It is one of the Swiss sites in the UNESCO listing of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, though as with most of them, the archaeology lies under the lake bed and is protected rather than displayed. What you see is a wooded little hill with a castle-like house, vineyards running down to the water, reed beds and a small harbour.
Read the complete Vorder Au write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vorder Au comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Technikum.
3. Technikum
Students at the technical university in Rapperswil study engineering on a lakeside campus, and beneath the shoreline in front of their buildings lie the remains of villages that people built on piles thousands of years ago. The site, named after the old Technikum, as the college was long known, is one of the prehistoric pile dwelling sites around Lake Zurich included in the UNESCO listing of 2011. Nothing is visible, but the idea that this shore has been home to people for so long gives a different perspective to a stroll along the promenade.
Read the complete Technikum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 45 km into the recorded legs you reach Technikum. Next is back through Vorder Au.
4. back through Vorder Au
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vorder Au write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Vorder Au, late in the day. Next is Sumpf.
5. Sumpf
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sumpf write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Sumpf. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sumpf to Vorder Au
Sumpf → Vorder Au is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vorder Au to Technikum
Vorder Au → Technikum is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Technikum to back through Vorder Au
Technikum → back through Vorder Au is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vorder Au to Sumpf
back through Vorder Au → Sumpf is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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