Baumwipfelpfad Neckertal, Canopy walkway in Mogelsberg, Switzerland.
Baumwipfelpfad Neckertal is a 500-metre circular wooden walkway in the Steinwäldli above Mogelsberg, opened in 2018. It is two to four metres wide, carried by 124 supports of white fir and runs 4 to 15 metres above the ground between the trees. A side viewing platform reaches 55 metres above the slope, and the path is barrier-free and open all year.
The canopy walkway in the Steinwäldli above Mogelsberg opened in 2018, built by local carpenters and soldiers. It is run by a cooperative, which received the Prix Montagne audience award from Schweizer Berghilfe in 2021. In its first eight months of operation it counted 100,000 visitors.
The learning stations along the walkway are aimed mainly at children and cover local wildlife such as the woodpecker, squirrel, golden eagle, deer, lynx and insects, plus trees including the silver fir, ash, sycamore maple, Scots pine, spruce and Douglas fir. Other panels explain the view over the Black Forest, the Neutoggenburg area and the scattered farm settlements of the region.
The path is reachable by train via the S2 and S4 lines to Mogelsberg station, followed by a walk of about 30 minutes. Good footwear is important because the wooden surface can be slippery in wet weather and the path has some elevation changes.
The walkway was built by local carpenters and soldiers and opened in 2018. In its first eight months it counted 100,000 visitors, and in 2021 the cooperative that runs it received the Prix Montagne audience award from Swiss Mountain Aid.
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