St. Luzikapelle and Mittenberg Loop

Chur, Switzerland

On our second full day in Switzerland (October 6, 2024) we had made our way to the historic city of Chur, the oldest city in Switzerland. While we did city walks (I, II) the next day, we were itching to get into the countryside. The trail we decided on started on the edge of town fairly near our hotel and quickly climbed via several switchbacks through beautiful woods to St. Luzikapelle, a pulchritudinous little chapel in a rock grotto. From there we continued to climb until we reached an alpine meadow near Mittenberg. This area screamed “Sound of Music”, and the overlooks to the north and west were stunning. From there was a nice descent (with lots of switchbacks) back to Chur. This hike was a great introduction to the Swiss landscape, we are glad we did it.

Walk-Specific Map

Elevation Profile

Images

STLU02: Kim with Chur in the background

STLU04: Typical scenery

STLUA: St. Luzikapelle

STLUA: Inside St. Luzikapelle

STLU06: Overlooking Chur

STLU09: Kim on the trail

STLU10: Field near Mittenberg

STLU14: Typical scenery

STLU09: Kim and I

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM	trackID	Primary	Description	Distance	CumDist	DeltaElev
1	STLU01	Haldenweg	Steinbruchstrasse to Alter Mittenbergweg	0.11	0.11	65
2	STLU02	Haldenweg	Alter Mittenbergweg to Lurlibadweg	0.10	0.21	65
3	STLU03	Lurlibadweg	Haldenweg to Unnamed Trail	0.07	0.29	56
4	STLU04	Unnamed Trail	Lurlibadweg to St. Luziweg	0.31	0.59	167
5	STLU05	St. Luziweg	St. Luziweg to St. Luzikapelle spur	0.50	1.09	381
6	STLUA	St. Luzikapelle spur	St. Luziweg to St, Luzikapelle	0.01	1.10	5
7	STLUA	St. Luzikapelle spur	St, Luzikapelle to St. Luziweg	0.01	1.10	-5
8	STLU06	St. Luziweg	St, Luzikapelle spur to Rotackerweg	0.36	1.46	402
9	STLU07	Rotackerweg	St. Luziweg to Unnamed Trail	0.27	1.73	283
10	STLU08	Unnamed Trail	Rotackerweg to Kopfweg	0.21	1.94	150
11	STLU09	Kopfweg	Unnamed Trail to Mittenbergweg	0.10	2.04	90
12	STLU10	Mittenbergweg	Kopfweg to Mittenbergweg Overlook Trail	0.17	2.21	-19
13	STLU11	Mittenbergweg Overlook Trail	Mittenbergweg to Mittenbergweg Overllook	0.07	2.28	56
14	STLU12	Mittenbergweg Overlook Trail	Mittenbergweg Overllook to Kopfweg	0.17	2.45	-127
15	STLU13	Kopfweg	Mittenbergweg Overlook Trail to Unnamed Trail	0.59	3.04	-372
16	STLU14	Unnamed Trail	Kopfweg to Alter Mittenbergweg	0.71	3.75	-518
17	STLU15	Alter Mittenbergweg	Unnamed Trail to Haldenweg	0.77	4.52	-591
18	STLU01	Haldenweg	Alter Mittenbergweg to Steinbruchstrasse	0.11	4.63	-65