Another good day trip from Lucerne is to Mt. Pilatus, and Swiss Travel Pass offered free "Golden Round Trip" to Mt. Pilatus when we visited. First we took a boat to Alpnachstad, then a cogwheel train to go up the mountain. Coming down involved taking two different gondolas and then a bus back to Lucerne.
1. Lucerne.
2. Museum of Art Lucerne. Too bad we never had time to check it out even though it is free for Swiss Travel Pass holders.
3. Mt. Pilatus (7000 ft.).
4. Cogwheel train station. This is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%.
5. Gondola station on Mt. Pilatus.
6. A gondola was coming up.
7. From Mt. Pilatus.
8. From Mt. Pilatus.
9. Hike to Tomlishorn.
10. More cogwheel trains coming up.
11. Hike to Tomlishorn.
12. Tomlishorn.
13. Back to Lucerne.
14. Lucerne.
15. Lucerne. Most shops are closed on Sundays so the place looked so empty.
16. Lucerne.
(To be continued)
