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Gübsensee West Dam – View of Lake Gübsensee loop from Berit Sitterstadion

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Gübsensee West Dam – View of Lake Gübsensee loop from Berit Sitterstadion

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Gübsensee West Dam – View of Lake Gübsensee loop from Berit Sitterstadion

01:28

5.44km

70m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.88 km

Grill Area and Staircase to the Lake

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful barbecue area, including restrooms and access to the lake. Swimming is permitted in this area.

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2.23 km

Gübsensee West Dam

Highlight • Monument

Popular recreational area with many Bänkli and fire pits. The walk around the Gübsensee is also very popular with joggers and is used extensively.

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2.33 km

View of Lake Gübsensee

Highlight • Lake

Very good for an incline interval training that is not so steep. 👍

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3.17 km

Gübsensee Lake

Highlight • Lake

The Gübsensee is a natural jewel and a very valuable local recreation area.

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3.33 km

Inlets 1 + 2

Highlight • Structure

Feed 1 from the underground pressure tunnel from the Urnäsch.
Slightly next to it is feed 2 from the Sitter.
Information on this can be found in the photos.

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3.60 km

Gübsensee East

Highlight • Lake

Popular local recreation area with many benches and fire pits. The walking path around Gübsensee is also very popular with joggers and is frequently used.

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4.42 km

Lake Gübsensee

Highlight • Lake

Only about 200 meters wide, but over a kilometer long: these are the dimensions of the Gübsensee. The reservoir serves as a place of relaxation for the people of St. Gallen.

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5.44 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.29 km

522 m

306 m

229 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.67 km

1.22 km

243 m

214 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 23 August

22°C

10°C

20 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

January 1, 2026,🚶‍♂️ Neujahrsspaziergang Gübsensee 🌞

The weather at the beginning of the year was still nice, and a little less cold.

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August 9, 2023,🚶‍♂️ Gübsenseerunde

Short afternoon tour around the beautiful Gübsensee St.Gallen, before going on a bike tour in the evening.
The Gübsensee has the first gravity dam in Switzerland and feeds the first high-pressure power plant (SAK) in Switzerland. So not without 😉

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November 10, 2022,🚶‍♂️ Gübsensee St.Gallen

The Gübsensee (SAK reservoir) is a beautiful local recreation area in the city of St.Gallen.
All tall plants are currently being cleared on the dams, because for safety reasons they are not allowed to grow on dams...

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January 26, 2025,🚶‍♂️ Sonntagsspaziergang Gübsensee 🌞

Melting ice on the lake and butterfly on the sunbath...

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January 17, 2023,🚶‍♂️ Gübsensee + neuer Steg Sitterviadukt SBB St.Gallen

Short round around the always beautiful Gübsensee. Various water birds seen: ducks, coots, grebes, herons, cormorants etc.
Then we briefly walked over the newly created and currently open footbridge on the SBB Sitter Viaduct (between Winkeln and Haggen), which is now almost 4 m wide and open to pedestrians and cyclists.

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October 9, 2024,Gmüetlich um de Gübsesee 🍁🍂

@all I took a few photos, but unfortunately they "disappeared" from my phone.

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May 11, 2023,🚶‍♂️ Geocache-Runde Gübsensee SG

With the stupid weather you couldn't do anything clever - only a small round of geocache remained as an emergency solution, partly with light rain.
I had planned 11 geocaches:
8x were premium caches, not feasible for me (cost 30$/year!)
1x found
1x found but empty
Found 1x but too dangerous access
So more of a fiasco, at least the …

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October 5, 2025,🚶‍♂️ Sonntag am Gübsensee

Easy Sunday stroll in almost rainy weather.

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Gübsensee West Dam – View of Lake Gübsensee loop from Berit Sitterstadion

Grill Area and Staircase to the Lake

Gübsensee West Dam

View of Lake Gübsensee

Gübsensee Lake

Inlets 1 + 2

Gübsensee East

Lake Gübsensee

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