Alpine Panorama Trail Section 3: Appenzell - Schwägalp

Leaving the village, we ascend in the direction of Kaubad. You hike through a beautiful forest, past the Eischen campsite and across several pastures. The trail continues uphill to Alp Wasserschaffen. Here the scenery changes: where before you admired the gentle hilly landscape, now the view dominates on the mountain ridge towards the south to the rocks of the Alpstein. With this imposing backdrop, you hike on to the Scheidegg inn, which welcomes you for a rest after a little more than two and a half hours.

Strengthened, you tackle the last 300 metres in altitude to the Kronberg. After another hour, the highest point of the hike is reached at 1662 metres. The Kronberg ridge runs parallel to the Alpstein - with correspondingly fantastic views. Finally, the descent through the Bruggerwald to the Chammhaldenhütte and on over the large Schwägalp to the stage destination at the cable car valley station awaits.