View of Lake Klöntal – Lake Klöntal loop from Näfels-Mollis

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View of Lake Klöntal – Lake Klöntal loop from Näfels-Mollis

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View of Lake Klöntal – Lake Klöntal loop from Näfels-Mollis

03:27

45.6km

960m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 11.9 km for 64 m

After 15.1 km for 295 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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12.0 km

GLKB Flowtrail Glarus: Bränntloch

Highlight • MTB Park

Fantastic trail! That's fun!

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13.2 km

GLKB Flowtrail Glarus: Schleipfen

Highlight • MTB Park

Legendary trail, here once as a meadow trail outside the forest. Spectacular!

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13.3 km

GLKB Flowtrail Glarus: Schwammhöhe–Schleipfen

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Very nice location from the mountain restaurant, large garden restaurant, great view of the Klöntalersee

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15.5 km

Schwammhöhe – Restaurant and Viewpoint Overlooking Lake Klöntal

Highlight • Restaurant

Awesome place! Beautiful garden terrace with a view of the Klöntalersee, great food, children's playground and starting point for the GLKB Flowtrail to Glarus!

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17.6 km

View of Lake Klöntal

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful reservoir, coming from the forest from the sponge height, always visible. Canada in Switzerland!

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18.5 km

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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21.2 km

Klöntalersee

Lake

21.6 km

Klöntal Lakeside Road

Highlight • Cycleway

For me the only sensible option to drive along the lake. On the other hand, there is a hiking trail, but it is explicitly closed to bikes and that makes …

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26.8 km

Viewpoint

31.7 km

Lake Klöntal

Highlight • Lake

One of the most scenic lakes I know. Always worth a visit!

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45.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.1 km

8.29 km

7.73 km

2.19 km

1.09 km

203 m

Surfaces

34.9 km

3.61 km

2.90 km

2.49 km

1.64 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

9°C

1°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

August 1, 2022,Biketour Klöntalersee

Up to the Klöntalersee, all day long in and on the water and in the evening up to the Schwammhöchi. There the trails are easy to drive on and there are no people on the road. Always happy 😊

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April 5, 2023,Tour im Glarnerland Richtung Pragels-u. Schwiialppass und über den Schwammhöchi DH

Today after work in the afternoon again on the road in Glarnerland:
From Ziegelbrücke via Glarus and up to KlöntalerSee... along the lake and up a bit in the direction of the Pragelspass (which is officially still closed) and from there, where the snow was no longer able to continue, a bit up in the direction of the Schwiialppass, to …

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October 2, 2025,MTB-Tour 02.10.2025: wieder anders als geplant: Netstal-Klöntal-Pragelpass-Klöntal-Schwammhöchi-GLKB Trail-Glarus

The plan was to tour from Glarus via Pragel Pass to Muotathal (including the paved path) and to Brunnen or Arth-Goldau.
With wonderful weather and not too much traffic, everything went smoothly until just before the Pragel Pass summit, when I heard a strange "rubbing noise" while pedaling. It showed a very loose screw on the rear right frame (see …

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