Hike /Schweiz Mobil
Toggenburger Höhenweg
WildhausWil SG
- Distance
- 88.0 km
- Duration
- –
- Ascent
- 4300 m
- Descent
- 4800 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Fitness
- Hard
- Route type
- One way
01/ Overview
The route
The Toggenburger Höhenweg presents hikers with one of the most beautiful but also one of the most challenging hiking routes in the St. Gallen countryside. Breathtaking and incomparable views constantly draw your gaze down into the lush green Thurtal valley.
From the Wildhaus, Dorf bus stop, the multi-day route leads out of the village and onto meadows and pastures above Toggenburg. After a gentle start, the mountain trail becomes steeper and climbs near the Glattchamm to its highest point at around 1,830 m. It then continues via Vorder Höhi, steadily ascending and descending through open Alpine foothills.
Beyond the pass, mountain trails, broad hiking paths, Alpine pastures and woodland alternate. The route passes Tanzboden, descends to Ricken and climbs via Oberricken to Tweralpspitz. After further ridges and stretches of woodland, it reaches the 1,291 m Schnebelhorn, the highest summit in the canton of Zurich.
From Hulftegg, the route descends to Mühlrüti, following the Mühlrütibach for just over a kilometre. Via Iddaburg and Dietschwil, the long hike gradually loses elevation, with meadows, woodland and the first houses alternating along the way. After around 88 kilometres, it ends at Wil SG railway station.
02/ Along the route
What's along the way
Where the route climbs and where it descends. Hover the profile to find the spot on the map.
03/ Conditions
Current conditions
What to know before you set off. Closures and snow are re-checked every day.
How we check: Every night we match the route against the official closures and detours from the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO). Any reported closure that touches the route shows up here.
How we check: SLF only publishes its snow maps from November 1. Until then we roughly estimate the snow depth at the lowest and the highest point of the route every day from the nearest SLF measuring stations. Check the situation on site.
04/ Getting there
Getting there
From your door to the trailhead and home again, by train and bus or by car. Computed live from the timetable.
Or from
Outbound
Return
05/ Weather
Weather on the way
Forecast for the lowest and the highest point of the route.
Weather
06/ Trail & landscape
Trail & landscape
Which paths you walk on and the landscape they lead through.
Larches count as conifer forest here.
07/ Snow
Snow on the route
Snow depths, new snow and forecast. Estimates: check the situation on site before you set off.
Snow Info
08/ Export
Take the route with you
Load the track onto your GPS device, print a route sheet for the trail or send the route to your hiking group.
Share
Send the link to friends or your hiking group.
Export GPX File
For hiking apps, GPS watches and navigation devices.
Print Route Sheet
A4 with map, elevation profile, waypoints and emergency numbers.
