Sihl Riverside Trail – Zug–Cham Cycle Path loop from Mühlau

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Sihl Riverside Trail – Zug–Cham Cycle Path loop from Mühlau

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Sihl Riverside Trail – Zug–Cham Cycle Path loop from Mühlau

07:15

117km

890m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 39.3 km for 82 m

After 39.5 km for 82 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

35.9 km

Sihl

Lake

38.8 km

Sihl Riverside Trail

Highlight • Trail

If you like to be in the middle of nature, in the cool of the forest, then ride your bike along the Sihl. It's only sometimes full on the weekends.

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39.4 km

Beach

40.1 km

Sihl River Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Beautiful cycle path along the Sihl.

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46.1 km

Sihltal Valley and Riverside Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Sihl Valley is the Swiss valley through which the Sihl flows.
The Sihl Valley begins in the Alps of the canton of Schwyz. At the Saas Pass, which leads …

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64.1 km

Zug–Cham Cycle Path

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Here you can easily get through the gravel without having to go on the main road

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67.9 km

View of Lake Zug

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When the weather is good, you can not only see the beautiful Lake Zug, but also the Rigi, Queen of the Mountains, in the background.

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82.7 km

Reuss Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Ideal for hot summer days as there is plenty of shade

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84.7 km

Rathausen Bridge

Highlight • River

When running back and forth along rivers, you always have to ask yourself which bridge to choose to get to the other bank and thus on the way back. Here …

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90.4 km

Reuss bridge with a view of the Nadelwehr

Highlight • Monument

The needle weir was built in 1859/60 according to a sophisticated design developed by Charles Poiree and is a unique sight. Even today, the water level in Lake Lucerne is regulated manually by removing or inserting the so-called needles.

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117 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.8 km

28.4 km

19.4 km

17.4 km

1.41 km

509 m

Surfaces

89.0 km

17.7 km

7.40 km

1.92 km

764 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (590 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Tuesday 6 October

21°C

9°C

42 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 1.0 km/h

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Comments

August 6, 2023,Zürich - Luzern/Horw

Today with the SchweizMobil app the Swiss Velo-Tour 94 through the Sihltal and from Zug the Velo-Tour 9 to Lucerne. Except for the approx. 5 km on the road in the Sihltal, beautiful, partly romantic stretches. Very well signposted.
Weather: I got wet twice, but the beauty of the tour changed the negative to the positive.
A highlight of the …

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