Views from Äscher – Seealpsee loop from Weissbad

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Views from Äscher – Seealpsee loop from Weissbad

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Views from Äscher – Seealpsee loop from Weissbad

06:09

16.0km

770m

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: October 15, 2026

Tips

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 5.87 km for 1.69 km

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.30 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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5.63 km

Plank walkway

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

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5.79 km

Views from Äscher

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

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6.39 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 …

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7.99 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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9.12 km

Beach

9.60 km

View of the Seealpsee

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Very beautiful and idyllic mountain lake

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9.99 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 …

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11.2 km

View of Äscher

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Great view of the world famous mountain restaurant Äscher.

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16.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.97 km

4.56 km

3.39 km

1.00 km

840 m

242 m

Surfaces

5.75 km

5.57 km

2.55 km

1.25 km

527 m

364 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 28 October

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Comments

May 26, 2022,Traumpanorama Seealpsee Appenzell Schweiz

You can find the video for this sensational tour on my YouTube channel Bregenzerwald Fan:

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September 18, 2024,Wanderung Appenzeller Land /Aecher/Ebenalb

Elevation profile was not recorded in the mountains 🤔, but it was good. Steep approx. 1485 meters 🏔️⛰️

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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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April 28, 2025,🚶‍♂️ Bommen - Äscher - Wildkirchli - Ebenalp - Seealpsee - Hütten, Runde ab Wasserauen 🌞⛅☁

A superb Alpstein tour on often slightly steep and rough trails. Pleasant T-shirt weather, initially quite nice, later on a thick cloud cover.
Because the Ebenalp LSB was still closed, there weren't many hikers along the way, but at Seealpsee there were significantly more. A noticeable number of foreign guests, including a lot of Asians.

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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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April 4, 2024,04.04.24 Alpstein ❤️ Gemütliche Runde zum Äscher und Seealpsee 🥰😍🥰

Since I couldn't really decide where I wanted to go this morning, I almost missed the sunniest hours of the day 🤷‍♀️. Jenu doesn't matter, it was nice anyway 🥰🥰🥰.

On the way from Äscher down to Seealpsee there are still a few trees on the path and the ropes are not yet installed, but that's not a big deal …

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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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