Leglerhütte SAC

September 19, 2020 by Pat and Bruno  ‐  3 min read

Difficulty T2
⇄ Distance 11.7 km
↑ Up 790 m
↓ Down 790 m
Notable Locations Kies Cable Car, Stausee Garichti, Chärpfbrugg, Leglerhütte SAC, Ratzmatt
Public Transit Access? Yes

Quick Summary

  • Took the cable car from Kies (Talstation) to the Stausee Garichti
    • Can access the cable car either via bus or by car; a decent amount of parking space available here
  • Follow the gravel road to Nideren near the Chärpfbrugg caves
  • Continue following the regular hiking path to the south of the Sunnenberg
  • Path leads directly to the Leglerhütte SAC
  • After a quick lunch, we took the (relatively steep) western path from the hut towards the Chammseeli
  • Continued north-east from the Chammseeli towards Ratzmatt
  • Went over the saddle at Matzlenfurggelen and then back down to the cable car station at the Stausee Garichti
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Ascent via the Chärpfbrugg

The view down towards Schwanden and Glarus from the cable car station at the Stausee Garichti.

On the eastern side of the Stausee Garichti looking north-west towards the Glärnisch massif.

The Chärpfbrugg cave near Nideren. We opted to go over the cave instead of through it because Pat's geo-spidey senses were telling him that going through a cave that we hadn't researched ahead of time would be a bad idea...

Most of the path from the Stausee Garichti until the ascent to the Sunnenbergfurggele was this style of path — fairly wide and well maintained.

At the Sunnenbergfurggele (the gully just south of the Sunnenberg) looking north again towards Glarus. This is (roughly) the highest point of the hike.

Leglerhütte and Return via Ratzmatt

The final stretch from the Sunnenbergfurggele to the Leglerhütte SAC.

Not a bad spot for a lunch break.

Looking west from the plateau on which the Leglerhütte is perched. We then took a route which goes down on the south-western side (left-hand-side of the image) and then continued over this saddle to the lake on the right-hand-side of the image.

At the Chammseeli looking again towards the Glärnisch massif.

There were a few of these surprisingly large marshes somewhat below the Chammseeli. The hiking path leads around the lake, so keeping our feet dry wasn't an issue here.

Some fairly typical landscapes for this part of the alps. The reddish grasses at this time of year always add some nice contrast into the scenery.

There were a fair few huts on the way down to Ratzmatt.

The view south from near the Matzlenfurggelen. Ratzmatt is the collection of buildings on the right-hand-side in the valley. The previous picture was taken at one of the huts up on the plateau in the center of the image. We didn't take very many pictures from the plateau down to Ratzmatt because the ground was extremely wet and slippery.

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