Pilatus, Rigi and Titlis: what each mountain costs with your pass

Prices last checked: 27 October 2026 · Prices from Pilatus Railways, Rigi Railways, TITLIS Cableways, the Lucerne Travel Pass and SBB

Short answer: With a Swiss Travel Pass, Rigi is free, while Pilatus (Golden Round Trip CHF 42) and Titlis (CHF 51 return from Engelberg) cost half. The Half Fare Card gives 50% off all three. If Lucerne is your only base and you go up all three mountains in summer, the regional Lucerne Travel Pass (CHF 240 for 3 days) is the cheapest option in our example. If you already have a Swiss Travel Pass or Half Fare Card for the rest of your trip, it is not worth adding.

The three mountains compared

Sources: Pilatus Railways price list 2026 (valid to 31 Dec 2026), Rigi Railways prices from 1 June 2026, TITLIS Cableways prices. With a Swiss Travel Pass the boat and bus on the Golden Round Trip are free and only the Pilatus section is half price. A Swiss Travel Pass Flex works the same way on an activated travel day.
Return trip, adult, 2nd class	No card	Half Fare Card	Swiss Travel Pass	Lucerne Travel Pass
Pilatus Golden Round Trip from Lucerne boat to Alpnachstad, cogwheel railway up, cable cars down to Kriens, bus back · May – October 2026	CHF 119.80	CHF 59.90	CHF 42	included
Pilatus Silver Round Trip from Lucerne train instead of boat to Alpnachstad	CHF 94.20	CHF 47.10	CHF 42	included
Pilatus in winter from Lucerne bus to Kriens, gondola and cable car up and down · December – April	CHF 69.60	CHF 34.80	CHF 30	included
Rigi Kulm by cogwheel train from Vitznau or Arth-Goldau (also a Mount Rigi day pass)	CHF 84	CHF 42	free	included
Titlis cable cars from Engelberg	CHF 102	CHF 51	CHF 51	included

Pilatus

The classic summer loop is the Golden Round Trip: boat from Lucerne to Alpnachstad, the steep cogwheel railway to Pilatus Kulm, then the aerial cableway and panorama gondolas down to Kriens and the city bus back to Lucerne. It runs May to October. The Silver Round Trip swaps the boat for the train.
Swiss Travel Pass holders pay CHF 42 for either loop, because the boat, train and bus are already covered. Half Fare Card holders pay half the full price. Interrail and Eurail holders pay CHF 60.90 for the Golden Round Trip in 2nd class.
The mountain section alone (Kriens or Alpnachstad up and back down either side) costs CHF 84 in summer, CHF 42 with either card.
In winter (December – April) only the Kriens side runs: CHF 60 return from Kriens, or CHF 69.60 including the bus from Lucerne.
Pilatus recommends reserving a seat on the cogwheel railway for the round trips. SBB online tickets can be scanned directly at the turnstiles.

Rigi

Rigi is the one big Lucerne mountain where the Swiss Travel Pass covers everything: the cogwheel trains from Vitznau and Arth-Goldau and the cable car from Weggis are free with the pass.
Without a pass the return to Rigi Kulm is CHF 84 (CHF 42 with the Half Fare Card). The Mount Rigi Railways day pass costs the same CHF 84, so it is the better buy if you want to go up one side and down the other.
Getting to the valley station: Lucerne → Arth-Goldau by train costs CHF 13.60 one way (CHF 6.80 with the Half Fare Card), or take the lake boat to Vitznau, which the Swiss Travel Pass also covers.

Titlis

Titlis is above Engelberg, a direct train from Lucerne: CHF 18.20 one way, CHF 9.10 with the Half Fare Card, free with the Swiss Travel Pass.
The cable cars from Engelberg to Titlis cost CHF 73 one way and CHF 102 return. Half Fare Card, Swiss Travel Pass and Bernese Oberland Pass holders get 50% off, while Eurail/Interrail holders get 25%.
The Ice Flyer chairlift at the top costs CHF 12 extra, and pass discounts do not apply to it.
On a tight budget or a cloudy day, the return to Trübsee halfway up costs only CHF 38.

The Lucerne Travel Pass

The Lucerne Travel Pass (formerly Tell Pass) gives unlimited travel on trains, buses, boats and many mountain railways in Central Switzerland, on consecutive days only, 2nd class:

Lucerne Travel Pass tariff 656.3, valid from 1 April 2026. The price table in the tariff is labelled summer (1 April – 31 October); if you travel in winter, confirm the price when you buy.
Days	Adult	Child 6–16
3 days	CHF 240	CHF 30
4 days	CHF 265	CHF 30
5 days	CHF 290	CHF 30
10 days	CHF 365	CHF 30

Included: Pilatus (both sides), all Rigi railways, Titlis including the Ice Flyer, the Lucerne – Engelberg train, the Lake Lucerne boats, the Lucerne city buses (zone 10) and many smaller cable cars. In winter the area is slightly smaller (for example, only the Kriens side of Pilatus).
Not included: the trip to Lucerne from Zurich or anywhere outside Central Switzerland.
No discount for Half Fare Card, GA or Swiss Travel Pass holders. It is a separate product, not an add-on.

Which is cheapest for 3 days in Lucerne?

Example: one mountain per day from Lucerne, adult, 2nd class, in summer. Day 1: Pilatus Golden Round Trip. Day 2: Rigi via Arth-Goldau (train return CHF 27.20). Day 3: Titlis via Engelberg (train return CHF 36.40), without the Ice Flyer.

Our arithmetic from the prices above. The Zurich column assumes the arrival and departure fall on two of the three pass days (for the Swiss Travel Pass) and uses the flexible SBB fare Zürich HB – Luzern of CHF 27 each way. *Only if you travel to and from Zurich on activated Flex days.
Option	3 mountain days	+ return train from Zürich HB
No card	CHF 369.40	CHF 423.40
Half Fare Card (CHF 150) + half-price tickets	CHF 334.70	CHF 361.70
Swiss Travel Pass 3 days (CHF 254) + mountain discounts	CHF 347	CHF 347
Swiss Travel Pass Flex 3 days (CHF 289) + mountain discounts	CHF 382	CHF 382*
Lucerne Travel Pass 3 days	CHF 240	CHF 294

If you already have a card for the rest of your trip, only the extra cost counts. With a Swiss Travel Pass the three mountains add just CHF 93. With a Half Fare Card they add CHF 184.70. Both are less than the CHF 240 of a Lucerne Travel Pass, so do not buy one on top.

In winter Pilatus is cheaper (CHF 69.60 from Lucerne), and the three mountains cost CHF 319.20 with no card, CHF 309.60 with a new Half Fare Card or CHF 335 with a 3-day Swiss Travel Pass. They are almost level, so the rest of your trip decides. Feed your full itinerary into the calculator and add the mountains as extra excursions.

Tips

Check the weather webcams in the morning and pick that day's mountain then. A day-by-day plan works best with tickets or a pass that covers all three.
Lake boats are covered by the Swiss Travel Pass and the Lucerne Travel Pass, so going one way by boat (to Alpnachstad for Pilatus or to Vitznau for Rigi) costs nothing extra.
Children aged 6 to 15 travel free on all three mountains with an SBB Junior Travelcard or Children's Co-Travelcard (Rigi: free under 16 with an adult, no card needed). Holders of a Swiss Travel Pass or Half Fare Card can get the free Swiss Family Card for their children.
Combining Lucerne with Interlaken? The Luzern – Interlaken Express takes about 1 h 50 min. See our Interlaken guide.

Sources

Every price and rule above was checked against these official pages on 2026-10-27. If something has changed, the operator's page is right and we are wrong. Please tell us.