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Sellamatt Mountain Inn

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Sellamatt Mountain Inn

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Location: Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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Paul

August 17, 2025

Berghotel Alp Sellamatt, Alt St. Johann

For more than 60 years, the Lötscher family has run the renowned mountain hotel on Alp Sellamatt. Three generations live and work under one roof. Grandparents Hanni and Valentin Lötscher handed over the reins to their daughter Christiana and her husband Heinz on November 1, 2015. Christiana has followed in her father's footsteps. She trained as a chef and, by attending hotel management school, acquired the necessary skills to continue running the business. She cares passionately for the culinary well-being of hotel guests and day-trippers. She is also the mother of Severin and Michelle. Both attend school in Alt St. Johann and are growing up in the family business. Heinz works at the buffet and reception and is responsible for all technical matters, while Magdalena, Christiana's sister, comes to the Alp from Unterwasser two days a week to manage the accounting and various administrative tasks. Long-serving employees support the family in all areas.

The mountain inn was built in the 1940s during the construction of the mountain railway. It was then called the Churfirsten Mountain Inn, and various innkeepers ran the inn before the "Lötscher dynasty" began, until Christiana and Magdalena's grandmother, Margaretha Lötscher-Jöhl, was able to buy the business in 1953 and, from then on, ran it with her son Valentin.

Life on Alp Sellamatt was strenuous and time-consuming. At that time, a mountain inn had to be run without electricity or water. There was also no access road. Materials had to be transported from the valley to Alp Sellamatt by train or on foot. The effort paid off! Gradually, investments were made that made daily work easier.

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charles

September 6, 2018

Starting point for many hikes, especially the Klangweg which is suitable for families.

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March 10, 2021

Starting point for very well marked and groomed winter hiking trails.

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Location: Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

Sellamatt Mountain Inn

1. View of the Alpstein – Romantic landscape loop from Alt St. Johann

2. View of the Alpstein – Sellamatt Mountain Inn loop from Alt St. Johann

3. Brisi Summit – Romantic landscape loop from Alt St. Johann

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