Niederrickenbach

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Today we both felt a bit more energetic and decided to walk in the Niederrickenbach walking area. The walk was to take us up a distinctive peak Brisen which is one of the highest peaks in this area and affords excellent views over Lake Luzern. To get to Niederrickenbach we caught the train from Engelberg to Niederrickenbach Tal station. From here it is a couple of minutes walk to the cable car station which takes you up to the village. Return fare from Engelberg was 18.40 CHF each with half price card.

From Niederrickenbach we walked to the Alpboden-Haldigrat chair lift station (20 CHF return each). We ended up sandwiched bewtween a Swiss school party and a Dutch walking group in the queue for the chairlift. There was quite a wait, about 45 minutes, as it only took 6 people at a time, with a few minutes wait in between.

From the Haldigrat station (1950m) we walked up the grassy ridge to the top of Brisen (2404m), From the summit we walked down to a col Steinalper Jochli and then walked along a rocky path across the west slopes of Brisen over another col and then on a path which led down to the Brisenhaus hut. From here it would have been easier to walk down to the village (also could have bought a single ticket on the cable car), however we walked back to the Haldigrat station and got the cable car down to Alpboden and walked back to Niederrickenbach. We really enjoyed our walk in this area and had thoughts about returning the next day however it was bad weather so we stayed in Engelberg.