Lake Zug
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A lake of central Switzerland at the foot of the Rigi.
From the basket
Between the last hills of the Plateau and the first mountains, the lake runs from north to south. From the balloon it traces a long ribbon of calm water, with, at the lake’s southern tip, the silhouette of the Rigi plunging into the lake. It covers thirty-eight square kilometres and goes down to two hundred metres deep.
Three cantons share it. Most of it belongs to Zug, with the town itself on the northern shore. In the south, on the Schwyz side, the village of Arth nestles in the hollow of its valley, with the Rigi on one side and the Rossberg on the other, and Lucerne owns a small piece.
At daybreak, the sun rises between the Rossberg and the two peaks of the Mythen, behind Arth. The light then slides across the water, from south to north, as far as the quays of Zug.
Fly the whole length of the lake, from Zug to Arth, then let the wind carry you towards the Rigi, which watches over the southern shore.
Sources: Wikipedia, “Lac de Zoug” (in French).