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For ease of description, the following annotations are used:
R sign: Yellow sign with hiker pictogram.
Sign No. 69 or P69: Red/white multi-directional sign with green sticker No. 69.
The start of this hike is at Winterthur railway station (Winterthur Bahnhof).
(S) From Winterthur station, turn right onto Bahnhofplatz. Pass the Coop supermarket at the station, turn left and head towards the old town via Untertor until you reach the Hotel Krone. (P69)
(1) Turn right onto Metzggasse; at the exit of the old town, cross Technikumstrasse. Head south until you reach the entrance to a park. (P69).
(2) Cross Bühlpark and you will come out onto Hochwachtstrasse. Keep heading south, cross a residential area and you will arrive at Breitestrasse. At P69, cross this street and continue south until you reach a fork at P69.
(3) As indicated on the sign, turn right onto the Obere Vogelsangstrasse path. Follow the various signs to the Bruderhaus restaurant in the animal park (mouflons, bison). (P69)
(4) Follow the sign and continue along Wildparkstrasse until you reach the Eschenberg farm.
(5) Turn right and follow Kyburgerfussweg south until you reach a junction with a P69 sign.
(6) Take the path indicated by the sign and follow Steintobelstrasse until you reach Sennhof, on the banks of the Töss river.
(7) Head east and follow the Töss river along a footpath. After about one kilometre, you will come to a small bridge over a small canal running parallel to the Töss. (P69)
(8) Cross the small bridge called "Löfflerbruggli" and get closer to the Töss. Continue along the riverbank until you reach the entrance to the village of Kollbrunn. (P69)
(9) Cross Kollbrunn via Dorfstrasse, after a school complex. Cross the railway line and you will find P69 on the right, just after the level crossing.
(10) Turn right onto Bückliweg, which is very steep, before arriving in a residential area. (P69)
(11) Leave Bückliweg and turn left onto Haldenstrasse. Continue to Terrassenweg, where a sign indicates the start of a trail.
(12) Turn right and start climbing towards a ridge in the forest. Be very careful as the trail has many sections with tree roots, especially on the descent towards Nussbergstrasse. When you reach this small road, turn right to find another sign.
(13) Follow a yellow arrow, then follow the P69 signs at each intersection until you exit the forest. (P69)
(14) About 30 metres after the sign, turn left and stay at the edge of the woods until you reach another intersection with a P69 sign.
(15) Turn left and join Schlatterstrasse, follow it in a north-east-east direction until you reach another P69 sign.
(16) Turn right and continue uphill until you reach a fork.
(17) At the R sign, take the path on the right, which stays at the edge of the woods. Descend towards a small road. (P69)
(18) Turn left and walk about 50 metres until you reach a sign on the right.
(19) At Stücklimoos, turn left and start climbing again. Return to an intersection.
(20) As indicated by a large yellow arrow, turn right and continue for a short distance until you reach a fork.
(21) Follow the ridge to the next P69.
(22) Turn right and continue directly below the Gyrenbad road (P69).
(23) Do not descend towards the road; instead, turn left onto Höchholzweg.
(24) Cross Höchholzstrasse and continue on Alter Höchholzweg. This will take you to Route de GyrenBad.
(25) Follow it to the right for a few metres, then take the forest path on the left until you reach Schwändi. (P69)
(26) Turn right, pass a telecommunications antenna, then gradually descend towards Gyrenbadstrasse.
(27) Take the road on the left until you reach Gasthof Gyrenbad, where you can stay for the night (E).
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