Get to know five passes: Staffelegg, Bänkerjoch, Salhöhe, Schafmatt and lastly the Untere Hauenstein. In between, lots of woodland, many pastures and the rugged Geissfluh vantage point on the border of Baselland.
From the centre of Basel, the route leads along cool valleys, through the fields, woods and villages of Sundgau in Alsace to the medieval town of Pfirt, the main town in the earldom of Pfirt, which passed into Habsburg hands through marriage in 1324.
A stage over the first folds of the Jura, past historic sites such as Mörsberg/Morimont, castle, the Les Ebourbettes estate on the border (where French General Giraud crossed on his flight in 1942) and the ancient Cistercian Monastery of Lützel.
Where dinosaurs left their tracks 210 million years ago, today you can walk from Frick to Salhöhe. A romantic ridge trail through the tranquil Jura forests to Wasserflue. Open views to Aarau and on a clear day to the high Alps.
Leave the city and watch the busy activity at the Rhine port. Cross borders at the three countries corner, marvel at the «Passerelle des Trois Pays» bridge. Riverside hike though Atlrhein water meadows to Efringen-Kirchen in Markgräflerland.
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