Saxer Lücke and Hoher Kasten

Highlights

• Stunning ridge with a remarkable fissure and other geological structures
• Neighborhood of the eastern Switzerland’s highest peak – Säntis
• Beautiful lake Fälensee and its buddy Sämtisersee
• Views across the Rhine valley and Appenzell, Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany

Starting point

Parking lot at the bottom of the cable car.

Notes

• Hike can be made easier by making it reverse, i.e. take the cable car up from Brülisau – Hoher Kasten to begin with, and go downhill from there
• Seeing Saxer Lücke can also be accomplished by a much shorter round-trip hike (~6km, ~2h), using the Frümsen – Staubern cable car
• Dog-friendly

Food and drinks

• Rotating and panoramic restaurants at Hoher Kasten
• Gasthaus Staubern
• Berggasthaus Bollenwees at beautiful Fälensee

Vertical transport

Brülisau – Hoher Kasten and Frümsen – Staubern cable cars.

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