On the last weekend of September, a group comprising a Central African resident, three Peruvians and three Swedes set off on the beautiful hike that starts at Trubsee (1800m.a.s.) and continues via Engstlensee and ends in the nearby ski resort Melchsee-Frutt. The hike is relatively easy, with the most challenging part being in the beginning (Trubsee to Jochpass, around 400 vertical). From Jochpass it is more distance than steep climbing. The hike itself is about 4 hours, but we took it nice and slow, with a celebratory champagne stop, some eagle spotting and a short pic-nic. All in all the hike took us 5 hours. From Melchsee-Frutt, you take the cable car down, then a bus to Sarnen and from there a train to Hergiswil, and then change trains to the Engelberg train. This makes the roundtrip closer to 5 hours. There is a pre-packaged ticket from SBB for around CHF 40, but with the Halbtax-card you get a 50% discount. This is a beautiful hike, with restaurants at Jochpass, Engstlensee and one closer to Melchsee-Frutt as well. On the road, we also found Marmots, Gems (mountain goats) and two large birds of prey (most likely eagles).
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