Lake Sämtiser – Fählensee loop from Rüte
Lake Sämtiser – Fählensee loop from Rüte
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Lake Sämtiser – Fählensee loop from Rüte
05:35
16.6km
720m
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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 20, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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4.97 km
View of Sämtisersee
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The picturesque Sämtisersee is located above Brülisau in the municipality of Rüte in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. The Appenzell mountain lake is located at the foot of the Hoher Kasten in the Alpstein region at an altitude of around 1200 meters above sea level. The Seealpsee and the Fälensee, the other two larger lakes in the Alpstein, are each about three kilometers (as the crow flies) to the southwest. The Sämtisersee is fed by various streams, especially the Sämtiserbach.
Text / Source: schweizersee.ch
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Lake Sämtiser
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As with Fählensee, there is no outflow to be seen here. The water from both lakes flows underground and reappears in the Rhine Valley. Outflow or not, enjoy a refreshing swim!
The water level fluctuates greatly, which is why Sämtisersee almost dries out in very hot summers.
Text / Source: Appenzellerland Tourism
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6.20 km
Mountain idyll at Sämtisersee
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7.90 km
Rheintaler Sämtis
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8.83 km
Stiefel Trail
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9.21 km
Bollenwees Mountain Inn at Fälensee
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9.27 km
Fählensee
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10.4 km
Stiefelwald
Forest
13.2 km
Plattenbödeli Mountain Inn at Lake Sämtiser
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Unique landscape in the Alpstein.
1911 - Innkeeper Jos. Anton Dörig "Mattle" (great-grandfather of Platte Hans and grandfather of Meglisalp Mile) bought a piece of land at the exit of the Brüeltobel and built a small guesthouse, which he soon handed over to his daughter Franziska Inauen-Dörig.
1917 - Handed over to daughter Franziska Fritsche-Inauen.
1930 - Alfred Fritsche built the current inn.
1934 - Electric light was used for the first time on the Plattenbödeli, powered by a single-cylinder diesel engine and an Örlikon battery.
1958 - Son Hans and Alice Fritsche-Holderegger bought the business. To remedy the water shortage, a 1000m long pipe was laid from the Alp Rainhütte through the lake. The spring is 60m higher than the Plattenbödeli and thus the water flows into the reservoir with counter pressure. The diesel system was enlarged and a dishwasher and a washing machine were installed.
1964 - The mule track through the Brüeltobel is expanded as a road.
1971 - The kitchen is added, the toilet facilities are converted and the restaurant with a self-service buffet is renovated. The main entrance is moved to the sunny side and the terrace is extended. A separate sewage treatment plant is built and the diesel system is renewed.
2022 - Alois and Manuela Inauen Sager purchase the mountain inn.
Text / Source: Berggasthaus Plattenbödeli, Manuela and Alois Inauen, Plattenbödeli 1, Brülisau
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16.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
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11.7 km
2.62 km
1.13 km
1.13 km
Surfaces
11.7 km
2.72 km
1.06 km
958 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
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Friday 28 August
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13°C
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Comments
the dark red area in the elevation profile is wrong, the GPS probably got too hot 🤣🤣
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Today we had a stolen tour from @KISS. All I can say is, MEGA 😍 Parking costs 5 francs (no EC possible and no euros either)
Then it went steeply 🥵 up next to the Brüeltobel, luckily in the shade.
At the top you can take a break in the Plattenbödeli, but it was still too …
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About half of the Alpstein is already (still...) green, the other half still has old snow, but significantly less than in other years
The paths were therefore largely snow-free and dry, in other places there was still old snow, quite good bearing …
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Weather nice to more cloudy, quite cold at -2/+3°C, plus fresh bise.
Most of the paths are snow-free, with a few exceptions (partly Brüeltobel, Stiefel, Bollenwees-Furgglen), but everything is easy to do.
In the part behind the Plattenbödeli I only met 5 people, 1x with skis and 1x with …
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At the Pfannenstiel car park in Brülisau, as agreed, we meet the small family, Eva, Rainer and their 11-year-old daughter Viktoria, who is on vacation …
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Sunny areas are snow-free far up, but other areas still have snow, albeit comparatively little. Brüeltobel is still partly covered in icy hard snow.
The Sämtisersee is practically empty; I even saw the "underwater" seepage hole.
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