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Eastern Switzerland

Glarus

Klöntal Lake Dam – Lake Klöntal loop from Klöntalersee

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Hiking trails & Routes

Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland

Glarus

Klöntal Lake Dam – Lake Klöntal loop from Klöntalersee

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5.0

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114

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Klöntal Lake Dam – Lake Klöntal loop from Klöntalersee

01:54

6.22km

180m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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136 m

Klöntal Lake Dam

Highlight • Monument

From the dam you have a wonderful view over the entire Klöntalersee and the Glärnisch flank.

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1.83 km

Lake Klöntal

Highlight • Lake

Great place for a nice little walk or hike!
Plus side: there is a bus at the end of the Lake that can take you back to the start of the Lake or down to Glarus too

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2.27 km

View of Lake Klöntal

Highlight • Viewpoint

This circular hiking trail can also be walked in winter. On our tour it was even possible to partially enter the frozen lake.

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2.46 km

Geisler Memorial on the Klöntaler Dream Trail

Highlight • Monument

2.48 km

Half an hour from the Rhodannenberg, turning left from the little road in "Güntlenau" into the darkness of the forest, a path a few meters long leads to moss-covered rock debris. From the largest of these gray blocks, the dedication of artistic enthusiasm for the poems of the great Zurich artist Salomon Geßner, which two admirers of the poet dedicated to his poetry here in 1788, shines in white letters.

SALOMON GESSNERN
NATURE WANTED TO CREATE A MONUMENT
AND SHE HAS HIS NAME HERE
BY Z. AND B., 1788

Geßner himself never visited the valley; But the two admirers, governor Büeler von Rapperswil and Pannerherr J. P. Zwicky von Glarus, rightly found the symbol for the poet's delicate idyllic art in the quiet place on the lake shore.
«We looked at each other, couldn't talk; for everyone had tears in their eyes; we fell on each other's necks and kissed. " Büeler tells of the intimate inauguration of the memorial stone.

Kaspar Freuler, 1897

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