Murgsee circular route

Embedded in a wildly romantic mountain basin are the three Murg lakes. Streams, lakes, waterfalls, rock gardens and a protected Swiss stone pine forest reserve characterize this circular tour.

From Murg on Lake Walen you can reach the starting point to Merlen by car (Bachlaui parking lot) or Murgsee bus. The ascent to Gspon is relatively steep and requires some fitness. Afterwards the terrain becomes flatter. The path leads along the Gsponbach to the alp Unter Mürtschen. Copper and silver ores were mined here, especially in the second half of the 19th century. On the way to Ober Mürtschen the Mürtschenstock with its three peaks Stock, Fulen and Ruchen rises imposingly on the right. Over the Murgseefurggel you reach the Murgseen, framed in a ring of mountains. Soon you reach the upper Murgsee with the Murgseehütte, which owes its origin to the former ore mining. Passing the smaller, middle Murgsee, we head out of the valley. Looking backwards, you can see the waterfall that falls down to the lower Murgsee. The lower Murgsee lies in a nature reserve with an ancient stock of Swiss stone pines. Via Alp Guflen and Alp Mornen you reach the starting point again.