Staufen Alp – View of Säntis loop from Bezirk Dornbirn
Staufen Alp – View of Säntis loop from Bezirk Dornbirn
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Staufen Alp – View of Säntis loop from Bezirk Dornbirn
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7.69km
300m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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67 m
Schuttannen Parking and Trailhead
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1.99 km
View of the Snow-Capped Mountains
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2.34 km
Staufen Alp
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2.51 km
Hilltop Chapel
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2.51 km
View of Dornbirn
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4.33 km
Bench With a View of Dornbirn, the Rhine Valley, and Lake Constance
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4.43 km
View of Säntis
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4.52 km
Karren Panorama Restaurant & views of Dornbirn and Lake Constance
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7.69 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.29 km
1.39 km
837 m
152 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
6.08 km
795 m
745 m
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< 100 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (1,150 m)
Lowest point (910 m)
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Wednesday 1 July
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We went up and down with the cart cable car for €15 per person.
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🅿️Fees apply/ we went by bike 🚴♀️🛺 Thu 😁
Opening times: Mon-Sat 9:00-23:00 Sun 9:00-21:00
IMPORTANT ‼️ All dogs must wear a muzzle on the cable car
start: Karren mountain station over the Kühberg to the fork in the road 🪧
we do the circular route 🔄 to the right …
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After I was on the Staufenspitze yesterday, today I took the train 🚡 up to the cart 👍 with a nice companion.
In rather moderate autumn weather 🍁 we started at the mountain station for the Staufenrunde 🥾.
A quick stop at the “Berggasthof Schuttannen” 🍺🤣👍, before heading back to the mountain …
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The Staufen Loop hike started at the Karren cable car mountain station.
After a short downhill stretch, the path soon climbed somewhat steeply to the "Alpengasthof Kühberg" (sadly closed forever). From there, it's a steady climb to Schuttannen.
The highest point is reached at …
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After a 6-week forced break, I went on my first little hike today, which also included using my Vorarlberg Card (it was a birthday present 🎁). With the 🚠 on the cart and from the mountain station a leisurely little loop around the Staufen. Of course with EKS at the Staufenalpe 🥪☕
It was great. …
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Beautiful round around the Staufen. The path was actually closed due to avalanche danger. I thought I'd go through anyway, after all the avalanche season is over. In two places, however, the path …
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Of course, many still had this idea.
Normally I wouldn't go up there on Sunday, but time was a bit short today.
I have seldom seen the Schuttannen parking lot so full.
Fortunately most of them only wanted to go up in the direction of Staufen, but we had just planned the circumnavigation. …
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