View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

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View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

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View of the Seealpsee – Seealpsee loop from Wasserauen

04:45

10.7km

720m

Hiking

Hard hike. 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 14, 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 5.36 km for 1.69 km

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.58 km

View of Äscher

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Great view of the world famous mountain restaurant Äscher.

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2.76 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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3.15 km

View of the Seealpsee

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Very beautiful and idyllic mountain lake

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3.63 km

Beach

4.76 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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6.36 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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6.96 km

Views from Äscher

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

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7.12 km

Plank walkway

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

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7.45 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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10.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.56 km

4.18 km

1.78 km

176 m

Surfaces

5.48 km

4.44 km

638 m

119 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,470 m)

Lowest point (860 m)

Weather

Friday 16 October

9°C

3°C

84 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

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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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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November 13, 2022,Seealpsee-Ebenalp

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

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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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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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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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