Tannalp

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The weather was remaining hot and sunny so we decided to do a walk from the top of the Jochpass over to the lakes of Engstlensee and Tannensee. These two lakes combined with those of Truebsee and Melchsee-Frutt form the focus of the Four Lakes High Level Walk. You can walk all the way from Engelberg to Melchsee-Frutt, this will take about 7 hours walking time and you would be left with a 2 to 2.5 hr journey back to Engelberg by cable car, bus and train. The cable cars and chair lifts allow you to have more relaxed options.

As we were still not firing on all cylinders we took one of the easier options. We bought a return ticket between Engelberg and Engstlensee which cost us 32 CHF each. We took the Cable Car up to the Truebsee then walked to the other end of the lake to get the chair lift to the top of the Jochpass.

From the Jochpass (2207m) we walked along a path that kept up high above the Engstlensee and brought us out by Tannalp. This was a very pleasant path with some excellent views and it was reasonably quiet. However this changed at Tannalp where we came across lots of people. This is because there is road access to this area from both the Melchtal and the Gental. This is a shame as it detracts from the beautiful setting that these lakes are in. We walked along to the Tannensee before returning to Tannalp and taking a path that descended to Engstlenalp where there is another very popular hut. It is about a 10 to 15 minute walk from here to the Engstlensee and you leave the crowds behind. We liked this lake as it was a lot quieter. The Engstlensee chair lift station is uphill from the end of the lake.

We took the chair lift up to the Jochpass and enjoyed a drink at the hut there sitting on the terrace. It was chair lift and cable car via Truebsee down to Engelberg.