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Jura Crest Trail
Stage 1: Dielsdorf – Brugg
Stage · 24.9 km · 950 m ↑ · 7 h 10 min · T1
Official signposted routeBy public transport
Distance24.9 kmone way
Ascent950 mdescent 1,000 m
Highest point862 mlowest 330 m
Walking time7 h 10 minofficial
GradeT1hiking
Effortvery demandingtime and climb
iThe route
Stage 1 in brief
Stage 1 of the Jura Crest Trail covers 24.9 km from Dielsdorf to Brugg, Zurich, Switzerland.
It climbs 950 m and descends 1,000 m, topping out at 862 m near Lägern; it starts at 431 m and ends at 355 m.
The official walking time is 7 h 10 min.
On the SAC hiking scale it is graded T1 (hiking). In terms of effort it counts as very demanding.
80% of the way is on natural paths, 0% on gravel and 20% on tarmac; 78% of it runs through forest.
The best months are March–April and September, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.
At the high point the warmest month, July, averages 22° by day.
A bus stop or station lies within 800 m of the start or the finish. There is a car park near the start.
This is one of the route's official stages.
Facts
iiMap & profile
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mMove along the profile to follow the route on the map.
iiiWhen to go
The year month by month
- Janunsuitable
- Febpossible
- Margood
- Aprgood
- Maygood, wetter
- Jungood, wetter
- Julgood, wetter
- Auggood, wetter
- Sepgood
- Octgood, wetter
- Novpossible
- Decpossible
Climate at the high point (862 m)
Averages 1981–2010 adjusted to the height with 6.5 °C per km; daylight at the start| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 4° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -3° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -2° |
| Precipitation | 92 mm | 82 mm | 96 mm | 91 mm | 128 mm | 129 mm | 132 mm | 125 mm | 105 mm | 106 mm | 95 mm | 113 mm |
| Daylight | 8 h 52 min | 10 h 16 min | 11 h 51 min | 13 h 36 min | 15 h 06 min | 15 h 56 min | 15 h 36 min | 14 h 18 min | 12 h 37 min | 10 h 56 min | 9 h 21 min | 8 h 28 min |
ivForecast
This week on the route
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vAlong the way
Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Town or village | Dielsdorf | 435 m |
| 0.0 | Town or village | Niederhasli · 2.0 km off the route | 418 m |
| 0.3 | Town or village | Steinmaur · 1.4 km off the route | 457 m |
| 0.5 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 1.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 1.7 | Sight | Regensberg | – |
| 1.7 | Sight | Reformierte Kirche Regensberg | – |
| 1.7 | Sight | Regensberg Castle | – |
| 1.8 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 1.8 | Town or village | Regensberg | 597 m |
| 2.0 | Pass | Regensberger Pass | – |
| 2.0 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 2.4 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 2.6 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 4.8 | Town or village | Boppelsen · 1.4 km off the route | 530 m |
| 5.2 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 5.3 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 5.7 | Sight | Ruine Alt-Lägern | – |
| 5.7 | Summit | Lägern | 866 m |
| 6.4 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 6.7 | Viewpoint | Känzeli | – |
| 8.1 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 8.7 | Pass | Lägernsattel | 773 m |
| 10.5 | Drinking water | Chaltbrünnli | – |
| 10.5 | Shelter | – | – |
| 11.0 | Town or village | Ennetbaden | 416 m |
| 11.0 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 11.2 | Town or village | Wettingen · 1.2 km off the route | 413 m |
| 11.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 11.8 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 12.0 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 12.3 | Sight | St. Anna capel | – |
| 12.4 | Sight | Landvogtei Castle | – |
| 12.4 | Sight | Wooden Bridge (Baden) | – |
| 12.4 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 12.5 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 12.6 | Sight | Former Granary, Baden | – |
| 12.6 | Sight | City Hall with Federal Diet session hall | – |
| 12.9 | Sight | Baden railway station | – |
| 12.9 | Sight | Reformed Parish Church, Baden | – |
| 13.0 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 13.1 | Shelter | – | – |
| 13.2 | Sight | city fortification | – |
| 13.3 | Sight | Baden | – |
| 13.3 | Sight | Catholic town church and Sebastian's chapel (former ossuary) with church treasure | – |
| 13.3 | Sight | "Zum wilden Mann" Hotel | – |
| 13.3 | Sight | Restaurant «Paradies» | – |
| 13.3 | Sight | Bernerhaus, Baden | – |
| 13.5 | Sight | St. Nikolaus capel | – |
| 13.5 | Summit | Schlossberg, Aargau | 457 m |
| 13.5 | Town or village | Baden | 381 m |
| 13.5 | Viewpoint | – | – |
| 13.6 | Sight | Stein Castle | – |
| 14.0 | Shelter | – | – |
| 14.3 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 15.4 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 17.2 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 19.1 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 19.1 | Viewpoint | Gebenstorfer Horn | 514 m |
| 19.2 | Town or village | Turgi · 0.7 km off the route | 341 m |
| 20.4 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 21.1 | Town or village | Gebenstorf | 341 m |
| 21.4 | Shelter | – | – |
| 22.0 | Shelter | – | – |
| 22.3 | Sight | former Kunz spinning mill | – |
| 22.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 22.6 | Viewpoint | Känzeli | – |
| 23.1 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 23.5 | Town or village | Windisch · 0.6 km off the route | 363 m |
| 23.6 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 24.0 | Sight | Abdication Hall, Brugg | – |
| 24.2 | Sight | former salt house | – |
| 24.3 | Sight | Brugg | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Brugg Black Tower | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Spiegelgasse fountain | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Former city hall | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | town hall's fountain | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Zum Roten Bären, Brugg | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Former Latin school | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | reformed city church, Brugg | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Frölich house | – |
| 24.4 | Sight | Zum Pfauen | – |
| 24.4 | Town or village | Umiken · 1.5 km off the route | 365 m |
| 24.5 | Sight | former old post | – |
| 24.5 | Drinking water | Volksbankbrunnen | – |
| 24.5 | Sight | rifleman's fountain | – |
| 24.6 | Drinking water | Stadthausbrunnen | – |
| 24.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 24.9 | Town or village | Habsburg · 2.8 km off the route | 470 m |
| 24.9 | Town or village | Brugg | 354 m |
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viUnderfoot
Surface, shade and gradients
viiiPhotos
Seen along the route
ixGetting there
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 47.48263° N, 8.45877° E · 431 m
- Finish
- 47.48119° N, 8.20869° E · 355 m
- Car park at the start
- yes · 8 m
- Stop at the start
- Dielsdorf · Railway station · 51 m
- Stop at the finish
- Brugg · Railway station · 41 m
- Nearest airport
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) · 7.2 km
- Nearest airport
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) · 71.7 km
Conditions change: check the official sources, the signposts and the weather before you set off. Walking times follow DIN 33466 and do not include breaks. Route data as of 2026-10-16. Report an error