Hikes near Weisstannen
Weisstannen (994 m) sits in St. Gallen, Switzerland. MR. ALPS lists 30 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 390 km of marked route in total. They run from 3 km to 105.1 km, the longest being Rheintaler Höhenweg. 30 of them record their elevation gain, between 68 m and 5408 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 30
- Total marked distance
- 390 km
- Shortest route
- 3 km
- Longest route
- 105.1 km
- Elevation gain
- 68–5408 m (on 30 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 10 trails
- Route maps available
- on 30 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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WALSA-Weg - Etappe 2
From Garschlu to Flumserberg
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg Etappe 4
The route climbs from Weisstannen to the Sardona Hut through the UNESCO World Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona, where the Glarus thrust fault — a ruler-straight line along which ancient rock was pushed more than 35 kilometres over younger strata — can be read directly in the landscape. Wind and millennia of weathering have carved the surrounding terrain into glacial polish, moraines, and scree slopes that remain largely intact in this little-known border country of cantons St. Gallen, Glarus, and Graubünden.
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg Etappe 3
The route descends through the little-known border country where the cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, and Graubünden meet, finishing in Weisstannen beneath landscapes shaped by the Glarus thrust fault — a razor-straight geological line along which ancient rock was pushed more than 35 kilometres over younger strata. This is the place where the processes of mountain formation are, according to UNESCO, more legible than anywhere else on Earth.
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Via Alpina
From Sargans to Weisstannen
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Via Alpina
The route from Weisstannen to Elm passes through Alp Siez and crosses the Foopass, with the high section only becoming passable after the winter snowpack melts. Along the way, walkers follow a Steinbock-Lehrpfad (ibex nature trail) beside the Seez river, with stops at remote alpine farms including Alp Raminer Matter and Bäsebeiz Walabütz.
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Wildseeluggen-Baföni
Three waterfalls — the Piltschinabachfall (81 m), Sässbachfall (86 m), and Muttenbachfall (45 m) — plunge side by side into the rocky basin of Batöni, reached by following the Gufelbach through forest and pasture. The route passes through the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site Tektonikarena Sardona and by the Wildsee, the mountain lake known from the Pizol five-lakes walk.
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5-Seen-Wanderung
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Garmil-Höhenwanderung
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg Etappe 5
From Sardonahütte to Elm
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Via Glaralpina
From Weissenberge to Skihütte Mülibachtal
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg Etappe 2
From Murgsee to Spitzmeilenhütte
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Rütiwald - Garschlu
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Schönhalden Guscha
From Schönhalden Restaurant (Bergstation Seilbahn) to Guscha Gipfel
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Parmort Schönhalden
From Parmort to Schönhalden Restaurant (Bergstation Seilbahn)
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Schönhalden Guscha
From Schönhalden Restaurant (Bergstation Seilbahn) to Guscha Gipfel
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5-Seen-Wanderung Pizol
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg: Spitzmeilenhütte SAC - Weisstannen
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg: Spitzmeilenhütte SAC - Weisstannen
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg: Weisstannen - Sardonahütte SAC
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Via Alpina: Sargans - Weisstannen
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WALSA-Weg: 3923 - Bergheim
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Via Alpina: Weisstannen - Elm Station
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg: Sardonahütte SAC - Elm Station
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WALSA-Weg: Bad Ragaz Bahnhof - 3923
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Taminaschlucht Rundweg
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Sardona-Welterbe-Weg
From Filzbach to Flims
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Rheintaler Höhenweg
From Rorschach to Sargans
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Alte Schollbergstrasse
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Heidipfad
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Spazier Rundweg Radein
More hiking near Weisstannen
Other walking bases within 40 km of Weisstannen, each with its own trail list:
- Wangs, St. Gallen — 33 trails, 8.2 km away
- Bad Ragaz, St. Gallen — 35 trails, 12 km away
- Tristeli – St. Margrethenberg, St. Gallen — 31 trails, 12.2 km away
- Flumserberg, St. Gallen — 22 trails, 12.3 km away
- Elm im Sernftal, Glarus — 21 trails, 15.3 km away
- Mastrils, Graubünden (Grisons) — 29 trails, 15.3 km away