Limmern Pumped Storage Plant Guided tours

From water to stream and vice versa

The tour starts and ends in Tierfed. First you take the funicular up to around 1700 metres above sea level. Then you follow us 700 metres deep into the mountain through the huge machine and transformer caverns and the associated connecting tunnels. With the help of information boards, videos and explanations, you will learn many interesting and interesting facts about the power plant operation and the most important installations.

Number of participants:

Minimum 6 persons, maximum 28 persons
Individuals or additional groups can be added to already booked tours up to a maximum group size of 28 persons.

Days of operation:

Summer months: Wednesday - Sunday
Winter months: Wednesday - Saturday

Time: 10 - 12.30 h and 14 - 16.30 h

Cost:

CHF 20 for adults
CHF 10 for children and young people under 18

Payment in advance by credit card.

Would you like to visit the pumped storage plant with your family, club or company as a closed group? Then an exclusive tour is the right thing for you. No additional persons or groups will be booked. This offer is aimed at groups with a maximum of 28 people.

Number of participants:

Maximal 28 persons

Days of operation:

Summer months: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
Winter months: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday

Time: 10 - 12.30 h and 14 - 16.30 h

Cost:

CHF 560 all-inclusive

Payment in advance by credit card.

Would you like to visit the pumped storage plant with a group of up to 50 people? Then this guided tour for large groups is the right thing for you. You and your group are among yourselves. No other persons will join you.

For logistical reasons, the participants will be divided into two groups. The second group will start 30 minutes after the first group. The tour lasts 2.5 hours.

Number of participants:

Minimum 29 persons, maximum 50 persons

Durchführungstag:

All year round: Friday

Time: 9.30 - 12.30 h and 13.30 - 16.30 h

Cost:

CHF 1'000 all-inclusive

Payment in advance by credit card.

From water to stream and vice versa

The tour starts and ends in Tierfed. First you take the funicular up to around 1700 metres above sea level. Then you follow us 700 metres deep into the mountain through the huge machine and transformer caverns and the associated connecting tunnels. With the help of information boards, videos and explanations, you will learn many interesting and interesting facts about the power plant operation and the most important installations.

Number of participants:

Minimum 6 persons, maximum 28 persons
Individuals or additional groups can be added to already booked tours up to a maximum group size of 28 persons.

Days of operation:

Summer months: Wednesday - Sunday
Winter months: Wednesday - Saturday

Time: 9.45 - 12.30 h and 13.45 - 16.30 h

Cost:

CHF 20 for adults
CHF 10 for children and young people under 18

Payment in advance by credit card.

Would you like to visit the pumped storage plant with your family, club or company as a closed group? Then an exclusive tour is the right thing for you. No additional persons or groups will be booked. This offer is aimed at groups with a maximum of 28 people.

Number of participants:

Maximal 28 persons

Days of operation:

Summer months: Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday
Winter months: Wednesday, Thursday

Time: 9.45 - 12.30 h and 13.45 - 16.30 h

Would you like to book an exclusive tour on a Friday or Saturday? Please contact us by telephone.

Cost:

CHF 560 all-inclusive

Payment in advance by credit card.

Would you like to visit the pumped storage plant with a group of up to 50 people? Then this guided tour for large groups is the right thing for you. You and your group are among yourselves. No other persons will join you.

For logistical reasons, the participants will be divided into two groups. The second group will start 30 minutes after the first group. The tour lasts 2 h 45 min.

Number of participants:

Minimum 29 persons, maximum 50 persons

Durchführungstag:

All year round: Friday, Saturday

Time: 9.15 - 12.30 h and 13.15 - 16.30 h

Cost:

CHF 1'000 all-inclusive

Payment in advance by credit card.

• For operational reasons, we reserve the right to make programme changes and implement restrictions.
• There are no "Muttsee dam" guided tours for visitors.

• The minimum age is 14 years.
• Children from the age of 6 can take part in the guided tours accompanied by a parent or guardian and under their responsibility.
• The guided tours are suitable for school classes from grade six and up. 

The LPSP guided tours are subject to a fee. Payment by credit card.

Prices 

• PSW Limmern: CHF 20 for adults, CHF 10 for children and young people under 18 years of age.
• PSW Limmern exclusive: CHF 560 all-inclusive
• PSW Limmern for large groups: CHF 1,000 all-inclusive

• Most of the guided tours take place on foot and inside the mountain at around 1700 metres above sea level. Good physical fitness (many stairs) is therefore required.
• For safety reasons, people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators cannot be allowed access to the power stations.
• The ascent and descent with the funicular in the tunnel takes place in a closed cable car cabin. When the cabin is fully occupied, the space available in the cabin is limited, as is the case with conventional ropeway cabins.

• Firm, closed, non-slip shoes are required. Clothes adapted to the weather are recommended. The temperatures on the tour vary between 10 and 18 degrees, depending on the area.
• Safety vest, audio system and torch are provided. 

A pumped storage plant functions like a large battery. You can find out exactly how it works and what it has to do with the security of electricity supply in Switzerland here.

How about some refreshment before or after a visit to the Limmern pumped storage plant or even an overnight stay at the southern most end of the Glarus region? The Hotel Tödi is located in the immediate vicinity of the power plants and is the starting point for guided tours. 

Find out more under: hoteltoedi.ch

How do I pay for the guided tour?
You will receive an email request for payment 21 days before the tour. The link in the email allows you to pay conveniently by credit card. You have until 14 days before the tour to pay the outstanding amount. 

Can the number of visitors be adjusted at a later date?
Additional persons can be booked with a separate booking in our webshop. If the number of visitors is lower than stated at the beginning, the booking must be cancelled and then re-booked. Please use the link in your confirmation email. Changes are possible 14 days in advance of the tour.
Please be sure to inform us of the correct group size so that we can ensure that everything runs smoothly. 

Can reservations be cancelled again?
You can cancel the booked tour free of charge 14 days in advance of the tour or up until you have paid the remaining balance. Please note our general terms and conditions. 

Are the guided tours in the Limmern PSP wheelchair accessible?
The guided tours in the Limmern PSP are not suitable for wheelchair users.

Can guided tours be shortened or is it possible to leave the group before the end of the tour?
The guided tours begin and end in Tierfed. For safety reasons it is not possible to end or leave the tour prematurely.

Can I participate in a visitor tour as an individual?
Yes. You can easily join a group that has already registered. You can find all available dates in our webshop.

Can the Limmernboden and Muttsee dams be visited?
The two dam walls cannot be visited during the guided tours.
Both dams can be reached during the summer months via the hiking trail from the Kalktrittli mountain station. Please note the information on the cable car Tierfed - Kalktrittli.

Is the path through the "tunnel" from Kalktrittli to Limmernboden open?
The hiking trails through the "tunnel" from Kalktrittli to Limmernboden and from Limmernboden to Muttenalp are open during the summer months. Please note the information on the cable car Tierfed - Kalktrittli.

How do we get to Tierfed / the aerial cableway Tierfed - Kalktrittli?
Tierfed is not accessible by public transportation. The nearest railway station is in Linthal. The hike from Linthal to Tierfed takes about 1 hour.

• The aerial cableway Tierfed – Kalktrittli was completely renewed in January 2019. The cabin now offers space for 8 people. The ride on the cable car is self-service during operating hours.
• The journey time is approximately 7.5 minutes and the cable car overcomes a height difference of 1053 meters.

• Operation of the Tierfed - Kalktrittli aerial cableway is suspended for the winter. We look forward to welcoming you again in summer 2025.
• The cable car Tierfed – Kalktrittli usually runs from about mid-June to about mid-October (depending on weather conditions)

• Tickets can be purchased at the bottom station of the cable car at the ticket machine.
• Ticket prices:
  
  Adults: CHF 12 single, CHF 20 return
  Children (6-16 years): CHF 6 single, CHF 10 return
  Dogs: for free

• Methods of payment: Cash, Maestro, Postcard, Mastercard, Visa
• Depending on weather conditions or other environmental influences such as strong wind, thunderstorms, etc., rail operations may be suspended for safety reasons. This does not give rise to any claim for reimbursement or exchange of tickets already purchased.

Please use the parking spaces at the bottom station of the cable car.

• Priority is given to rides with plant personnel
• Bicycles cannot be transported

• Hiking tour Linthal SBB – Tierfed: approx. 1 hour 30 min
• Hiking trail Kalktrittli – Muttseehütte closed
  Duration: approx. 2.5 hrs
• Hiking trail Kalktrittli – Ochsenstäfeli (hike through a tunnel) to lake Limmern closed
  Duration: approx. 45 min
  
  We recommend that you wear a light vest in the tunnel. The vests are available at the entrances/exits for tunneling.
• Hiking trail Ochsenstäfeli / Limmernsee – Muttseehütte closed
  Hiking trail Kalktrittli – Ochsenstäfeli – Muttseehütte: approx. 2.5 hours
• Due to construction work, the mountain hiking trail ‘Muttseehütte - Staumauer Muttsee’ will be closed from 9 September 2024 until the end of October 2025! The diversion via Muttenalp is signalised.