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Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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Urnäsch

Spitzli – Forest Root Trail loop from Urnäsch

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Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Hinterland

Urnäsch

Spitzli – Forest Root Trail loop from Urnäsch

Moderate

4.7

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109

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Spitzli – Forest Root Trail loop from Urnäsch

03:39

8.31km

590m

Hiking

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: August 2, 2026

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774 m

Blattendürren Mountain Inn

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Bergwirtschaft Blattendurren at 1080 m above sea level, in Urnäsch
The Bergwirtschaft Blattendürren - beautifully situated at 1080 m above sea level in the hiking area between Kronberg and Urnäsch …

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2.26 km

On the way from Petersalp towards Guggeien, there are several small waterfalls to admire, provided there is enough water, and the splashing is wonderful. The path itself is not really something special, but these waterfalls make it something special.

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2.62 km

Large waterfall

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Multi-level, easily visible and accessible waterfall. Coming from above, this is the first waterfall on the Wasserfallweg

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3.41 km

Spitzli

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Even though Spitzli sounds very cute, the little Spitz is actually pointed (steep). But the path there is very beautiful and so is the view up there.
The Spitzli (1520 m) is located next to the Hoch Petersalp (1589 m).

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4.17 km

View from Petersalp towards Stockberg, Mattstock, and Speer

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View from Petersalp towards Stockberg, Mattstock and Speer (from left to right).

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4.71 km

Alp Hoch Petersalp

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The Alp Hoch Petersalp is located at an altitude of 1,568 metres in the Appenzell Alps below the Kronberg in Urnäsch in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

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5.22 km

Ridge Trail to Obere Petersalpe

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Beautiful way up to the Upper Petersalpe along the ridge along or down to Jakobsbad

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5.96 km

Forest Root Trail

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This is a very nice narrow forest road. The signpost is a yellow one, so it is considered a normal trail, for which I feel it but quite narrow and …

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8.31 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.36 km

2.07 km

1.37 km

498 m

Surfaces

3.33 km

2.28 km

1.64 km

1.05 km

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 4 September

21°C

16°C

53 %

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Comments

December 31, 2025,🇨🇭 Spitzli 1519m zum Jahresausklang 🎉 2025 (Urnäsch - Blattendürren)

Start: Blattendürren, initially a mostly paved road to the Blattendürren mountain inn 🏡

We take the circular route to the right... via an easily walkable forest road through "Grossdürren," past the "Icy Dürrenbach Waterfall" 🌊 at the Obere Guggeien, steeply uphill to the left on the farm track, with occasional views of the frozen stream to the
"Untere Petersalp" 🏡 …

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August 26, 2022,Hochpetersalp - Spitzli

The Spitzli sounds so harmless but the path is not without it :-).

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October 19, 2021,19.10.21 Spitzli & Hoch Petersalp mit ein paar schönen Stimmungen 🥰

Today I just wanted to spend a little more time outside and so this sweet little round, which I have done many times in variations, came up and chose the starting point from the small parking lot in Osteregg.

I particularly like the steep ascent through the forest through the small opening in the rock towards Spitzli. A little surefootedness …

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October 2, 2023,02.10.23 Sunsettürli auf's Spitzli & die Hoch Petersalp 😍😍😍

Yay 😄, today my team let me jump an hour and a half earlier than usual after only eight and a half hours of work 🙏, they know how much I love sunset tours and today I really wanted to use what was perhaps the last warm evening of the year for this.

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June 4, 2023,04.06.23 Hoch Petersalp & Spitzli mit ausgedehnten Pausen 🥰🥰🥰 und wunderbaren Stimmungen 😍😍😍

Just immerse yourself in the beautiful nature over and over again 💗😍😍😍 and this again today on a small fine tour in the beautiful Appenzellerland up to the Hoch Petersalp and the Spitzli.

... and as so often with me, the smaller a tour, the bigger the breaks 🥰🥰🥰 ... just be something, enjoy the panorama over to the mountains …

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May 7, 2022,07.05.22 Mystische Tour auf die Petersalp & Spitzli & Wasserfallerkundung 😄🥰🥰🥰

It was definitely a tour that I really enjoyed again 😊😄🥰🥰🥰

... you could call it a tour ala Martina 😊 ... first I explored some cool old trails that are not marked on any map, but on site I actually discovered an old hiking marker, so there really was an official way 😄

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Spitzli – Forest Root Trail loop from Urnäsch

Blattendürren Mountain Inn

Waterfalls

Large waterfall

Spitzli

View from Petersalp towards Stockberg, Mattstock, and Speer

Alp Hoch Petersalp

Ridge Trail to Obere Petersalpe

Forest Root Trail

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