Säntis

Some family visited, so I took them to a couple standout locations, Säntis among them. Instead of hiking from the valley floor and doing the full loop, we took the cable car up to Ebenalp, hiked to Säntis, then took the cable car down. In my opinion, a much better experience than hiking the entire thing; the hike from Wasserauen to Ebenalp is relatively uninspiring compared to the rest of the route, and from Ebenalp to Säntis is already quite long.

Just past Berggasthaus Schäfler.

A familiar chunk of the mountain.

To the right of the previous image; the trail goes to the foot of this formation and up to the right.

Looking back the way we came, from just past the same spot as the previous two pictures.

From to the right of the formation two images up.

Looking back towards where the previous image was taken. About 2.5h in with another 1.5h to go!

"Ladder" up to the summit, a mixture of metal platforms, cables, and hewn rock.