Weekly Report 22/2026

Our Anniversary Hike to the Wildspitz

Postponed is not canceled: On Friday, May 22, the 19th Zugerberg Finance Hiking Day took place. After the weather had thwarted our anniversary hike twice last year, it shone last Friday with sunny, warm, glorious weather that worked up a sweat in pretty much all 70 of our hiking day participants, including our four-legged friends. Who would have thought it, after winter had swept through the Zug region again just a week earlier.

From the meeting point at Zug train station, we took a coach to the Zugerberg Schönegg valley station, from where we continued our journey up the Zugerberg by funicular. Once we reached the top, Chief Economist Maurice Pedergnana got us warmed up with a warm-up and a few yoga exercises to get our muscles going. Then we set off to climb the highest point in the canton of Zug—the Wildspitz. At 1’580 meters, it’s not the tallest of Switzerland’s mountains, but it’s certainly a challenging climb.

We made our way leisurely up the first few meters of elevation along the Vorder- and Hinter-Bannholz toward Walchwilerberg. In the cool forests, sheltered by the trees, we hiked across varied terrain toward Langmösli, from where we headed straight for our first break. Accompanied by the ringing of cowbells and the fresh scent of meadows, we reached the Zuger Alpli alpine inn, where refreshments were waiting for everyone. Even our four-legged companion Archie couldn’t resist and took a dip in the adjacent stream. Before tackling the final part of the ascent, we listened intently to Maurice Pedergnana and the story of the Goldau landslide, Switzerland’s second-largest natural disaster, which came to a tragic end in 1806 below the Wildspitz.

Refreshed and rested, we set off across the Oberalpli into steep terrain, where two challenging and strenuous zigzag trails led us up to the Gnipen. Once at the top, we marveled at the extent of the landslide along the large scarp while letting the surrounding mountain panorama fill us with awe. With the summit already in sight and within reach, the final stretch led us through wooded terrain up to the Wildspitz mountain inn. Here, we were warmly welcomed and treated to a meal by the innkeepers, Dani and Sandra, and their team. The well-deserved three-course meal made us forget all our exertions in an instant and helped even the most tired hiker get back on their feet.

Well-fed and full of motivation, we climbed up to the summit cross to take our traditional hiking day photo against a spectacular 360-degree panorama of snow-capped mountains and the Canton Zug.

We then began our descent across steep meadows and forests, past the Leiterenfluewald, along the Änderenbach stream, all the way down to Sattel, where the tour bus was already waiting for us. Passing the deep-blue Ägerisee, we drove straight to a well-deserved aperitif in the garden of our Lüssihof. Tired but full of pride, after climbing about 1’000 meters in elevation, covering roughly 17 km, and hiking for just under 6 hours, we enjoyed a few cold drinks and a snack platter. We couldn’t have imagined a better anniversary hiking tour!