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Saane River – Schiffenensee Dam loop from Cressier FR

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Saane River – Schiffenensee Dam loop from Cressier FR

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Saane River – Schiffenensee Dam loop from Cressier FR

03:25

44.5km

490m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 8.85 km for 111 m

After 9.43 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.05 km

Auried Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Here you have the opportunity to visit a special nature reserve of national importance.
As a former gravel mining area, this area was acquired by Pro Natura.
One of the …

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6.41 km

The river Saane is often equated with the Röstigraben, i.e. the language border between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Between the Schiffenensee, which is dammed up from the Saane, and Laupen, you cycle through a small, beautiful nature reserve.

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8.14 km

Confluence of the Sense and Saane

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The scythe is created as the confluence of the cold scythe and the warm scythe in Zollhaus at 871 meters above sea level After 35.7 kilometers, the Bernese-Friborg river flows …

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9.14 km

Laupen Old Town

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The ensemble of old half-timbered houses, cobblestones, village fountains and churches makes the old town of Laupen a real gem. It is one of the most beautiful in the region …

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12.1 km

Sense riverside

Highlight • River

On this section, just before the Sense flows into the Saane, there is a beautiful cycle and footpath.

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19.1 km

Riederen Bridge

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Super nice old Brüggli

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26.1 km

Ledeu-Bächli Wooden Bridge and Stream

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beautiful place for chli sii

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29.2 km

Riedholz

Forest

39.2 km

Schiffenensee Dam

Highlight • Monument

There is a great book about the formation of the Schiffenensee, with countless pictures of the Saane valley before it was flooded. verein-oskar.ch/php/schiffenensee-de.php

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44.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.0 km

14.3 km

7.82 km

1.24 km

941 m

329 m

Surfaces

14.4 km

11.5 km

10.7 km

6.52 km

1.29 km

139 m

Elevation

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Highest point (680 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

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Friday 29 May

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Saane River – Schiffenensee Dam loop from Cressier FR

Auried Nature Reserve

Saane River

Confluence of the Sense and Saane

Laupen Old Town

Sense riverside

Riederen Bridge

Ledeu-Bächli Wooden Bridge and Stream

Schiffenensee Dam

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