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Eastern Switzerland

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Schwende

View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

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Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Schwende

View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

Hard

4.9

(653)

3,109

hikers

View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

05:33

11.7km

880m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 5.35 km for 1.70 km

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.56 km

View of Äscher

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Great view of the world famous mountain restaurant Äscher.

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2.74 km

View of Seealpsee from the East

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The view from this point into the heart of Alpstein (on the Seealpsee with Ageteplatte, Säntis, Hängeten, Altenalptowers and Schäfler) is beautiful. When you start a hike in Alpstein past the Seealpsee, this view is always a wonderful start and your heart starts to beat faster.
On the way back I stop here again and again and take a wistful look back into the Alpstein and look forward to the next time ... and tackle the way back through the hut hut with beautiful memories from the previous day 😊.

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3.13 km

View of the Seealpsee

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Very beautiful and idyllic mountain lake

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3.61 km

Beach

4.74 km

Seealpsee

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Beautiful mountain lake in the middle of the Alpstein, with a panorama that couldn't have been created better on the computer. Free-roaming cows, bright green sparkling water, cheese dairy, alphorn players... what more could you want?

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6.34 km

Steep Trail Between Seealpsee and Berggasthaus Aescher

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From the Seealpsee to the Berggasthaus Aescher there are approx. 320 vertical meters that you have to master. The path is well developed and has safety ropes. They would not actually be necessary, but the way is a very touristy way. Many people / holiday guests take the gondola to Ebenalp and then hike through the cave to the Aescher mountain inn and then further down this mountain hiking trail to the Seealpsee. You can see many with normal sneakers and therefore the safety ropes are then attached again. Accidents also happen here and there have been fatal accidents. The path is actually easy and nowhere particularly narrow, but maybe it is precisely because you are not paying enough attention and maybe too deeply involved in the discussions.
I like the way myself very much, but personally there are definitely too many people here in the main season and if you have to walk behind tens of people during the "peak times", I don't like it at all. During the week and outside of the holiday season, this path is absolutely recommended and a visit to the Berggasthaus Aescher and also to the Seealpsee is definitely an impressive and very worthwhile experience.

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6.94 km

Views from Äscher

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A cozy place for a picnic and simply enjoying the view...

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7.36 km

Plank walkway

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Great path right before and after the Äscher. Cool view.

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8.08 km

View of the Alpstein and Lake Constance

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In my opinion, it is not magnificent, the view is simply breathtaking.
When the weather is clear, you can see as far as Lake Constance.
The landscape is small and playful like on a model train in front of you.

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11.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.34 km

4.34 km

1.97 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.90 km

4.71 km

841 m

150 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,540 m)

Lowest point (860 m)

Weather

Saturday 25 July

16°C

9°C

66 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

May 16, 2022,Tag3 Schweiz Umstieg vom Radl auf Schusters Rappen

My Komoot friend and work colleague Melchior came up with the idea for the tour, although everyone had predicted bad weather
it was 3pm and we were back at the car.

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October 9, 2023,Wasserauen - Seealpsee - Berggasthaus Äscher - Wildkirchli - Wasserauen 🇨🇭🥾

Very nice hike with incredibly beautiful impressions. However, very good physical condition is required. The paths themselves are very easy to walk.

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July 17, 2025,Wasserauen - Seealpsee - Äscher - Wasserauen

A very nice hike. Seealpsee is always beautiful anyway - the climb to Äscher is bumpy, but doable. Of course, a stop for refreshments at the top was a must. You can go down either by cable car or on foot. Unfortunately, the forest path was very slippery due to the rain the day before. So if you're not sure-footed …

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July 20, 2024,Wasserauen -🥰 Wanderung:🏝️ Seealpsee🍷Äscher 💒 Wildkirchli 🤩 (CH)

Years of planning, the second attempt and finally the time had come. Before sunrise, my son Benedikt and I set off for Wasserauen in Switzerland. The mountains around us were reflected in the clear Seealpsee, a sight that thrilled us. After a short chocolate break, we continued our hike up to the Äscher. There, the legendary Gasthaus Äscher, built directly …

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July 29, 2021,Von Wasserauen über Seealpsee nach Berggasthof Aescher

The initial escalation in the parking lot when we woke up at 9 a.m. shocked us a bit.

We arrived in the evening and everything was empty and in the morning from 10 a.m. they even started to open up all of the meadows as parking spaces in the back area.

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August 11, 2022,Aescher - Wildkirchli - Seealpsee

Today we went from Wasserauen on a steep but wonderfully shady forest path up to the famous mountain inn Aescher, detour to the Wildkirchli and the hermit caves, on to the idyllic Seealpsee and through the Hüttentobel back to the starting point.
A fantastically beautiful tour with many highlights! 😍
Absolutely recommendable 👍

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November 4, 2021,04.11.21 Alpsteintour 💗 zum Seealpsee & Äscher in wunderbarer Ruhe 🥰

Tour on Alpstein's easy "tourist trails". The safety ropes on this route are still installed and there was nowhere much snow, if the wet areas are freezing, you may need to be careful in the next few days, but today the paths were all easily accessible

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November 13, 2022,Seealpsee-Ebenalp

Most beautiful sunshine over the sea of fog. The climb was really worth it.

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View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

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View of Seealpsee from the East

View of the Seealpsee

Seealpsee

Steep Trail Between Seealpsee and Berggasthaus Aescher

Views from Äscher

Plank walkway

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