As of: 9 October 2026

Wild camping on the Churfirsten

The Churfirsten are seven summits above the Walensee, and only the Hinderrugg, 2'306 m, has ground to lie on: a karst plateau running east to the Chäserrugg cable car. No rule in force bans a single night there. A commune camping ban is announced, not yet in force.

Leon Helg
Leon Helg · Legal situation checked in October 2026
What do these mean?

Illegal A specific rule bans it, usually with a fine, and it can be enforced. Sleep somewhere else.

Not allowed No real place to camp here. A gated site, a developed area, or nowhere sensible to lie down, even if no fine is attached.

It depends You can sleep here, but there's a condition first: ask the landowner, book a spot, stay inside a set zone, or use a bivvy instead of a tent. The report says which.

Tolerated No rule clearly allows or bans it, but a single night is accepted in practice and nobody enforces against it. Normal for high bivouacs above the treeline.

Legal Camping one night is fine here. Either a rule allows it, or we checked every law and found nothing against it. Still: pitch late, leave early, no trace.

What "wild camping" means here: one night. A small tent or a bivvy bag, up towards evening, gone in the morning. Not a base camp, not a camper van. Most Swiss bans are written against camping; whether a single night also falls under them depends on the exact wording. The full difference: wild camping vs bivouacking.

Wild camping on the Churfirsten: seven summits, one plateau

Wild camping on the Churfirsten starts with the shape of the range: seven summits in a row between the Walensee and the Toggenburg. From west to east they are Selun, 2'205 m; Frümsel, 2'265 m; Brisi, 2'278 m; Zuestoll, 2'235 m; Schibenstoll, 2'235 m; Hinderrugg, often written Hinterrugg, 2'306 m, the highest; and Chäserrugg, 2'262 m, where the cable car from Iltios arrives at a summit station with a restaurant. The crest is a commune boundary. South of it the cliffs fall to Walenstadt and the Walensee; north of it the alps fall to Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann. The Brisi and Schibenstoll summits lie in Walenstadt, the line runs through the Selun summit, and the other four tops are in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.78

Five of the seven are crests with no level ground. Around the tops of Selun, Frümsel, Brisi, Zuestoll and Schibenstoll the median slope runs from 37.3 to 64.5 degrees, and the nearest ground under 10 degrees lies 355 to 515 m away and 284 to 661 m lower. The Chäserrugg top is level, but the station, the summit restaurant and a ski lift stand on it.8

The Hinderrugg is the exception. Its summit is level, and from it a broad karst plateau runs east past the Chäserrugg station, at 2'226 to 2'306 m and well above the tree line. That plateau is where nights on the Churfirsten are actually spent: in July 2025 Blick named the Chäserrugg as the commune's hotspot for tents, and the game warden said hardly a night passes without a tent on a mountain.68

No rule in force bans a night on the Hinderrugg plateau

The protection ordinance bans camping in nature reserves, and none lies on the plateau. The Toggenburg side of the range, the plateau included, lies in the former commune of Alt St. Johann, now part of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, and the cadastre attaches that commune's protection ordinance to the plateau parcels. It has one camping clause, in its article on nature reserves:12

"In den Schutzgebieten sind alle Tätigkeiten und Massnahmen, die eine Gefährdung dieser Gebiete mit sich bringen, verboten. Dazu gehören insbesondere: ... k) die Nutzung zu Erholungs- und Freizeitzwecken, wie Lagern, Zelten, Campieren und das Anfachen von Feuer, ausser an den bezeichneten Stellen;"Schutzverordnung Alt St. Johann, Art. 12 para. 1 lit. k. In English: in the protected areas, every activity that endangers them is prohibited, in particular use for recreation and leisure such as lying out, tenting, camping and lighting fires, except at the designated places.

Inside a reserve, the clause reaches a bivvy bag as well as a tent, because "Lagern", lying out, needs no tent. But it applies only in the ordinance's nature reserves, and the cadastre draws none on the plateau: on the parcel of the summit and the northern pitch the nearest lies 2'423 m from the top, and the parcels of the south-eastern pitch and the Chäserrugg station carry none. Lower down, the same article names the Gräppelensee and the southern Schwendisee: the reserves around them are where a night is banned.12

The zones that do cover the plateau name no tent. The summit and the northern pitch lie in a core habitat area (Art. 8) and a landscape protection area (Art. 17); the south-eastern pitch lies in the landscape protection area only. Core habitat areas "sind in ihrer Unberührtheit zu erhalten", are to be kept untouched, and Art. 8 bans activities that remove or impair them; its list names buildings, intensified farming, roads, permanent transport installations, extraction and, in lit. e, tourist or sporting events that impair the habitats. Art. 17 calls landscape protection areas "Lebensraum und Erholungsraum zugleich", habitat and recreation space at once, and bans measures that impair the landscape. Neither article names a tent. The general clause in Art. 8 is why the ground rules below matter here: one small tent, no fire, no group, nothing left behind.12

The commune's police regulation has no camping article, but it covers the paths. Its Reglement über Ruhe, Ordnung und Sicherheit, in force since 1 February 2021, requires a council permit for any use of public ground or public things beyond ordinary common use, and it names public roads, squares, paths and facilities as such things (Art. 17); Art. 33 fines breaches. A tent on a marked path or at the cable-car station needs that permit. The pitches below lie off the paths.3

Corrected on 9 October 2026. An earlier version said this regulation's fine (Art. 33) had nothing to attach to on the plateau; on the paths and at the station it does, through Art. 17. An earlier version also offered a bed at the Berggasthaus Stöfeli from CHF 99; that is its winter package, and in summer its only overnight offer is for groups, on request. The verdict for the plateau is unchanged.39

St. Gallen's camping fine needs a communal ban, and of the two communes on the crest only Walenstadt has one. The canton has no camping ban of its own. Its fixed-fine list prices "Unberechtigtes Campieren auf öffentlichem Grund", unauthorised camping on public ground, at CHF 80 (sGS 962.11, annex Ziff. 21.6), under the heading for breaches of communal regulations. It bites where a commune bans camping on public ground. Walenstadt does, in Art. 18 of its police regulation, with the chancellery's written permit as the way out. Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann does not.45

Federal layers: a landscape inventory, no game reserve. The whole range lies in the federal landscape inventory object BLN 1613 "Speer, Churfirsten, Alvier", which binds authorities when they plan and sets no rule for a walker. No federal game reserve touches the range. The nearest wildlife rest zone, Stöfeli, begins about 600 m from both pitches and 743 m from the Hinderrugg summit, and its rule applies only with snow on the ground: then entry is banned (Art. 10bis of the protection ordinance). The army's shooting-range site Obertoggenburg Süd lies on the north side below Selun and Frümsel, 3.5 km from the plateau.71

A camping regulation is announced, and not in force

The commune has said it wants a ban. On 10 July 2025 Blick reported that Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann was moving against wild campers, with the Chäserrugg as the hotspot: "Derzeit wird ein strenges Campingreglement ausgearbeitet", a strict camping regulation is being drafted, and "Wann dieses in Kraft tritt, ist noch nicht bekannt", when it will take effect is not yet known. The St. Galler Tagblatt reported the same plan that day.6

On 9 October 2026 it is not in force. The current communal regulations, the council news of 9 October and the official St. Gallen gazette contain no enactment putting the announced camping ban in force. The latest zoning and building-regulation revision is on amendment display from 1 to 30 October 2026. Art. 11 of its draft regulates camping vehicles, with exceptions; it does not regulate a walker's tent or bivvy bag. The draft leaves its approval and commencement dates open. The protection-ordinance revision was at participation stage from 13 April to 13 May 2026; the current cadastre still attaches the approved existing act. Ask Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann for the current rule before your night, using its contact form or the administration at Hauptstrasse 40, Alt St. Johann.6

Where to sleep: two pitches on the plateau

South-east of the Chäserrugg station: the meadow. The better ground lies at 47.15257 N, 9.31637 E (LV95 2'742'395 / 1'224'103), 2'226 m: an open meadow about 150 m across with scattered limestone stones, a median slope of 4.4 degrees within 30 m, and sheep in summer. A marked path runs along its south edge and down its east side, 34 to 45 m from the spot, and a cliff band lies beyond its north-east edge. The station and restaurant building stands 409 m to the north-west, and its terrace looks out over the meadow. The commune line with Walenstadt runs 74 m south of the spot: pitch in the northern half of the meadow and you stay in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.87

North of the Hinderrugg summit: the stony back. At 47.15620 N, 9.30518 E (LV95 2'741'537 / 1'224'487), 2'258 m, 284 m north of the summit and 48 m below it, the plateau falls gently northwards, 5.2 degrees on the spot. The ground is stony karst grass: pick a clear patch, and keep off the snow fence that crosses the ground 40 to 100 m to the south-east. The nearest building is the Schäferhüttli, a small shepherd's hut, 317 m away, the nearest path 42 m, and the Walenstadt line 230 m: the widest margin on the plateau.87

Not on the summit itself. The flat top of the Hinderrugg is the marked route, 14 m from the Walenstadt line and 28 m from the drop to the Walensee.8

Getting up, and when. The cable car from Iltios arrives on the Chäserrugg, about 550 m east of the Hinderrugg summit; on foot, marked paths climb from Iltios and through the Gluristal. Pitch late, leave at first light, take everything down with you and keep away from the sheep and any trough. Come in the snow-free months: with snow on the ground the Stöfeli wildlife rest zone, about 600 m from both pitches, is closed to entry.91

Whose ground. The plateau is alp pasture, grazed by sheep in summer. No rule makes a night there depend on the owner's consent, and no fee or standing arrangement is published. If the shepherd or the owner asks you to move, move.8

A bed instead: the Berggasthaus Stöfeli, below the Chäserrugg, by arrangement only. In summer 2026 its only overnight offer is for groups, on request; its package from CHF 99 for adults and CHF 50 for children, with dinner and breakfast, is a winter offer. Ask for your date at +41 71 998 68 34 or stoefeli@toggenburgbergbahnen.ch. Without a confirmed bed, sleep in the valley and make the plateau a day trip.9

Place by place: the other summits, the Walensee side and the alps

  • Hinderrugg plateau, 2'226 to 2'306 m: legal for one night. The two pitches above, both in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann and outside every nature reserve, as of 9 October 2026.1
  • Chäserrugg top, 2'262 m: no. It is the cable-car station, the summit restaurant and a ski lift.8
  • Selun, Frümsel, Brisi and Zuestoll: no pitch. Crests with median slopes of 37.3, 53.5, 42.7 and 64.5 degrees around the top. The commune line runs through the Selun summit, and the Brisi top is in Walenstadt.8
  • Schibenstoll, 2'235 m: its own report. The summit is in Walenstadt, where the police regulation's permit route decides it: wild camping on the Schibenstoll. The Leistchamm, a separate summit at the west end above Amden, has its own too: wild camping on the Leistchamm.5
  • The Walensee side: a permit at best. Below the cliffs, Walenstadt's alps at Tschingla, Lüsis and Walenstadtberg have level ground only at 1'300 to 1'650 m, among alp buildings and forest. Camping on public ground there needs the chancellery's written permit (Art. 18), and without one the fine is CHF 80. From 15 December to the end of the ski season the Churfirsten-Südflanke wildlife rest zone closes the south flank.547
  • The north-side alps and the valley: no. Selamatt, Iltios, Alp Selun, the Brisital and Schwendi lie at 1'100 to 1'850 m, at or below the tree line, among alp buildings, inns and ski lifts. In the protection ordinance's nature reserves, such as those at the Gräppelensee and the southern Schwendisee, camping is banned (Art. 12 para. 1 lit. k). Below Selun and Frümsel, look out for firing notices from the army's shooting range.17

General rules for wild camping

This applies wherever you are genuinely allowed to sleep outside, which on the Churfirsten means the Hinderrugg plateau and nowhere else on the crest. The core habitat article bans whatever impairs the area, so keep it to one small tent away from the path, and leave the plateau as you found it.

  • No fire. An open fire has no place in the mountains. A gas stove is enough.
  • Pitch late, strike early. Set up towards evening, gone again early. A bivouac is one night, not a base camp.
  • Leave no rubbish. Everything you carry up you carry down, organic scraps and toilet paper included.
  • At least 50 metres from any water for the big business, so you do not foul what people and livestock drink.
  • Stay small and quiet. A small group, no speaker, no drone, dogs on the lead, and the alp staff's word goes.

Disclaimer

This article reflects my research and assessment to the best of my knowledge, as of October 2026, based on the official and public sources below. It does not replace legal advice and is not a binding statement by a public authority.

Communal rules change, and this commune has announced one: a camping regulation was being drafted in July 2025, and whether and when it takes effect is open. The owners of the plateau parcels are not confirmed, Walenstadt's police regulation is quoted in the wording re-read on 9 October 2026, and the pitches were judged from official aerial imagery and the federal elevation model, not surveyed on site. Before every tour, check the current sources yourself and follow instructions on site. A genuine emergency bivouac in distress is a separate question from a planned night. Anyone who spends the night outside bears responsibility for their own conduct and its consequences. Hikebeast, Leon Helg and Saftladen GmbH accept no liability for decisions made on the basis of this text, and call on no one to break applicable law.

Frequently asked questions

Is wild camping allowed on the Churfirsten?
On the Hinderrugg plateau, one night is legal as of 9 October 2026. The plateau lies in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, whose protection ordinance bans camping only in its nature reserves (Art. 12 para. 1 lit. k), and none lies on the plateau; the core habitat and landscape protection zones that cover it (Art. 8 and 17) name no tent, and the commune's police regulation has no camping article. The five summits to the west are crests without level ground, the Chäserrugg top is the cable-car station, and on the Walensee side Walenstadt bans camping on public ground without a written permit. A camping regulation announced in July 2025 is not in force yet.
Is the announced camping ban already in force?
No, not as of 9 October 2026. The current communal regulations, the council news of 9 October and the official St. Gallen gazette contain no enactment putting the announced camping ban in force. The latest zoning and building-regulation revision is on amendment display from 1 to 30 October 2026. Art. 11 of its draft regulates camping vehicles, with exceptions; it does not regulate a walker's tent or bivvy bag. The draft leaves its approval and commencement dates open. The protection-ordinance revision was at participation stage from 13 April to 13 May 2026; the current cadastre still attaches the approved existing act. Ask Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann for the current rule before your night, using its contact form or the administration at Hauptstrasse 40, Alt St. Johann.
What is the fine?
No camping fine is set for the open plateau. Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann's police regulation has no camping article, but it requires a council permit for using public ground beyond ordinary common use, its public paths included (Art. 17), and fines breaches (Art. 33): keep the tent off the marked paths and the station. Walenstadt bans camping on public ground (Art. 18), at CHF 80 under sGS 962.11, annex Ziff. 21.6. In the commune's nature reserves, camping breaches the protection ordinance (Art. 12), and the cantonal planning and building act (PBG, Art. 162) fines breaches of protection ordinances up to CHF 30'000.
Why not on the other summits or at the Chäserrugg?
Because there is no ground to sleep on. Around the tops of Selun, Frümsel, Brisi, Zuestoll and Schibenstoll the median slope is 37.3 to 64.5 degrees, and the nearest ground under 10 degrees lies 355 to 515 m away and 284 to 661 m lower. The Chäserrugg top is level but taken by the cable-car station, the summit restaurant and a ski lift. The Schibenstoll has its own report: its summit lies in Walenstadt, where camping on public ground needs a written permit.
Where can I sleep with a roof over my head?
At the Berggasthaus Stöfeli below the Chäserrugg, by arrangement only. In summer 2026 its only overnight offer is for groups, on request; the package from CHF 99 for adults and CHF 50 for children, with dinner and breakfast, is a winter offer. Ask for your date at +41 71 998 68 34 or stoefeli@toggenburgbergbahnen.ch. In the valley, Toggenburg Tourismus lists campsites and motorhome sites.
Leon Helg

Leon Helg

Swiss filmmaker and software developer. Spends his free time in the Swiss Alps and maps his favourite spots for Hikebeast. Posts as @leon.helg on Instagram and TikTok.

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Sources

  1. Schutzverordnung Alt St. Johann, consolidated text (oereblex attachment 17257), approved by the Baudepartement of canton St. Gallen on 22 June 2000 and amended on 23 January 2003, 27 October 2010, 10 July 2012, 17 August 2015, 16 January 2017, 6 May 2019 and 12 December 2019. Art. 8 para. 1 (Lebensraum Kerngebiet): "Sie sind in ihrer Unberührtheit zu erhalten. Tätigkeiten, die den Schutzgegenstand beseitigen oder beeinträchtigen, sind nicht zulässig. Untersagt sind insbesondere:", followed by lit. a to f, among them lit. e "touristische, sportliche oder andere Anlässe, die eine Beeinträchtigung der Lebensräume zur Folge haben"; no camping term. Art. 10bis para. 1: "In allen Wildruhezonen ist das Betreten oder Befahren bei Schneelage untersagt." Art. 12 para. 1 (Naturschutzgebiete), lit. k quoted in the text; lit. m names the Gräppelensee and the southern Schwendisee. Art. 17 para. 1: "Sie sind Lebensraum und Erholungsraum zugleich."; para. 2 bans measures that impair the appearance, the terrain and the character of the landscape; no camping term. Art. 25 para. 1: "Zuwiderhandlungen gegen die Vorschriften dieser Verordnung werden gemäss den Strafbestimmungen des Baugesetzes und der Naturschutzverordnung geahndet. Strafbar sind vorsätzliche und fahrlässige Übertretungen." The Baugesetz has since been replaced by the Planungs- und Baugesetz (PBG, sGS 731.1), whose Art. 162 fines breaches of protection ordinances up to CHF 30'000, as cited in this series' Altmann report. Art. 27 para. 1: in force with the Baudepartement's approval. oereblex.sg.ch (Schutzverordnung), approval of 2000 (PDF). ↩
  2. Cadastre of public-law restrictions (ÖREB), canton St. Gallen, extracts with geometry of 9 October 2026, every surface restriction tested point in polygon. Parcel Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann 1757A (EGRID CH907757867765, 7'685'991 m², with the Hinderrugg summit, the northern pitch and the Zuestoll): at the summit, LV95 2'741'548 / 1'224'203, and at the northern pitch, "Landschaftsschutzgebiet LS", "Lebensraum Kerngebiet LR K", agricultural zone and noise sensitivity level III; the nearest nature reserve on the parcel lies 2'423 m from the summit. Parcel 1724A (EGRID CH688577577783, 4'551'272 m²), at the south-eastern pitch, LV95 2'742'395 / 1'224'103: "Landschaftsschutzgebiet LS", agricultural zone and level III; core habitat 421 m, ski-run area 180 m; no nature reserve on the parcel. Parcel 1791A (EGRID CH337777578621, 6'738 m²), the Chäserrugg summit station: agricultural zone and level III only. The provisions the cadastre attaches to these zones are the Schutzverordnung Alt St. Johann (oereblex 17257) and its approval (oereblex 15002). The cadastre records restrictions, not ownership. oereb.geo.sg.ch (1757A), oereb.geo.sg.ch (1724A). ↩
  3. Gemeinde Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, "Reglement über Ruhe, Ordnung und Sicherheit", issued by the Gemeinderat on 27 November 2020, subject to the optional referendum from 17 December 2020 to 25 January 2021, in force since 1 February 2021: chapters on noise, waste, the use of streets and public places and video surveillance in public space; Art. 33 punishes breaches with a fine; no provision on camping, tents, bivouacs or overnight stays. The commune publishes it as a scanned PDF on its online counter. Reglement (PDF), wildhaus-altstjohann.ch. Art. 17 (printed page 5): use of public ground or public things beyond ordinary common use needs a council permit; public roads, squares, paths, facilities and buildings are named as public things in common use. Corrected on 9 October 2026: an earlier version said Art. 33 had nothing to attach to on the plateau. ↩
  4. Canton St. Gallen, Strafprozessverordnung (sGS 962.11), annex "Ordnungsbussen", version in force since 1 May 2026 (issued on 31 March 2026): heading 21 "Widerhandlungen gegen Gemeindereglemente", Ziff. 21.6 "Unberechtigtes Campieren auf öffentlichem Grund", CHF 80, amended by the IV. Nachtrag of 10 December 2019 (nGS 2019-101). A tariff for breaches of communal regulations: it presupposes a communal ban on camping on public ground. gesetzessammlung.sg.ch (annex). ↩
  5. Polizeireglement der Gemeinde Walenstadt, art. 18 "Campieren": para. 1 "Das Campieren auf öffentlichem Grund ausserhalb von offiziellen Campingplätzen ist verboten."; para. 2 "Die Gemeinderatskanzlei kann auf begründetes und schriftliches Gesuch hin Bewilligungen erteilen."; art. 33 punishes breaches with a fine, negligence and complicity included. Re-read on 9 October 2026 in the current publication of 31 May 2019; the same article is quoted in this series' report wild camping on the Schibenstoll; the cantonal tariff for camping on public ground is Ziff. 21.6, CHF 80. publikationen.sg.ch. ↩
  6. Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Gemeinderatsnachrichten of 9 October 2026, pages 1 to 6: new regulations on the cemetery and on air pollution from heating take effect on 1 January 2027, and the Reglement über Ruhe, Ordnung und Sicherheit is to be amended on fireworks; no camping regulation. Amendment display of the zoning revision from 1 to 30 October 2026 (gazette of 1 October 2026): draft building regulation of 31 August 2026, Art. 11 on camping vehicles with exceptions, Art. 29 on approval and commencement, the dates on page 12 left open. Protection-ordinance revision: participation from 13 April to 13 May 2026 (gazette of 10 April 2026); the cadastre still attaches the approved act (oereblex 17257). The St. Gallen official gazette carries no camping regulation of the commune up to 9 October 2026. Gemeinderatsnachrichten 09.10.2026, 01.10.2026, Baureglement 31.08.2026, 10.04.2026. Blick, 10.07.2025 (press announcement, not law). ↩
  7. Official federal geodata, queried on 1 and 2 October 2026 at tolerance 0 at the seven summits, at both pitches and over the whole range from the Leistchamm to beyond the Chäserrugg (LV95 2'733'500 to 2'744'500 / 1'221'000 to 1'227'500). Summits (LV95, height, commune at the point): Selun 2'737'780 / 1'223'996, 2'204.7 m, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, the Walenstadt line running through the summit; Frümsel 2'738'571 / 1'223'980, 2'265.4 m, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann; Brisi 2'739'424 / 1'224'093, 2'277.8 m, Walenstadt; Zuestoll 2'740'047 / 1'224'216, 2'235.1 m, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann; Schibenstoll 2'740'810 / 1'224'265, 2'235.1 m, Walenstadt; Hinderrugg 2'741'548 / 1'224'203, 2'306.5 m, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann; Chäserrugg 2'742'083 / 1'224'343, 2'261.0 m, Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann. Every summit and both pitches lie in BLN 1613 "Speer, Churfirsten, Alvier"; the inventory binds federal and cantonal authorities and carries no rule for walkers. No federal game reserve anywhere in the range; no park, floodplain, fen, raised bog, mire landscape, amphibian site or dry meadow at any summit or pitch. Wildlife rest zones (federal portal, cantonal data, legally binding): Stöfeli no. 112, entry banned with snow on the ground and dogs on the lead, decided in 2017, 347 m from the Chäserrugg summit, 743 m from the Hinderrugg summit, 605 m from the south-eastern and 598 m from the northern pitch; Churfirsten-Südflanke no. 16, 15 December to the end of the ski season, 1'266 m from Selun. Military plan: "Schiessplatz Obertoggenburg Süd", site fixed and in force since 8 December 2017, a site point at LV95 2'738'072 / 1'224'819 on the north side below Selun and Frümsel, 873 m from Selun, 977 m from Frümsel and 3.5 km from the Hinderrugg, no published perimeter; the Waffenplatz Walenstadt lies at lake level. Distance to the Walenstadt boundary (swissBOUNDARIES3D, current year): Hinderrugg summit 14 m, Chäserrugg summit 18 m, south-eastern pitch 74 m, northern pitch 230 m. map.geo.admin.ch. ↩
  8. Terrain and imagery, 1 and 2 October 2026, swissALTI3D 2 m tiles (2026). Median slope within 30 m of each summit: Selun 37.3 degrees, Frümsel 53.5, Brisi 42.7, Zuestoll 64.5, Schibenstoll 40.6, Hinderrugg 5.2, Chäserrugg 12.8. Nearest ground under 10 degrees (a 10 by 10 m window): Selun 451 m away and 284 m lower, Frümsel 409 m and 341 m lower, Brisi 492 m and 655 m lower, Zuestoll 355 m and 387 m lower, Schibenstoll 515 m and 661 m lower; at the Hinderrugg and the Chäserrugg, the top itself. South-eastern pitch, LV95 2'742'395 / 1'224'103, WGS84 47.15257 / 9.31637, 2'226 m: 2.3 degrees on the spot, median 4.4 within 30 m, a level area of 4'280 m² at a mean of 4.4 degrees; profiles level from 70 m south to 80 m north and from 60 m west to 60 m east; nearest swissTLM3D path 34 to 45 m; nearest building (GWR) 364 m, the station and restaurant building 409 m; ground steeper than 40 degrees 44 m. SWISSIMAGE aerial: an open meadow about 150 m across with scattered limestone stones, sheep in its north-west quarter, a marked path along the south edge and down the east side, a cliff band beyond the north-east edge; no mapped lake or stream at the coordinate. Northern pitch, LV95 2'741'537 / 1'224'487, WGS84 47.15620 / 9.30518, 2'258 m: 5.2 degrees on the spot, median 12.1 within 30 m; north-south profile from 2'268 m 50 m south to 2'246 m 50 m north, level east-west from 60 m west to 100 m east; nearest path 42 m; nearest building the Schäferhüttli, 317 m; ground steeper than 40 degrees 108 m; aerial: stony karst grass, a snow fence 40 to 100 m to the south-east, no water. The flat Hinderrugg summit, LV95 2'741'531 / 1'224'199, lies on the marked route, 14 m from the Walenstadt line and 28 m from ground steeper than 40 degrees. swissALTI3D (STAC), map.geo.admin.ch (SWISSIMAGE). Re-measured on 9 October 2026 at the rounded Chäserrugg pin: median 12.8 degrees. ↩
  9. Toggenburg Bergbahnen, chaeserrugg.ch, read on 9 October 2026: the summer 2026 timetable lists the Berggasthaus Stöfeli with "Übernachtungen für Gruppen auf Anfrage"; the overnight package at the Stöfeli, from CHF 99 for adults and CHF 50 for children with dinner and breakfast, is the winter offer. Corrected on 9 October 2026: an earlier version gave that package without its season. Contact +41 71 998 68 34, stoefeli@toggenburgbergbahnen.ch. Toggenburg Tourismus lists the campsites in the valley. Current hours, Stöfeli, Winter overnight package, Toggenburg Tourismus. ↩