english My Säntis More diverse My Säntis 2021 With new worlds of experiences saentisbahn.ch Directions We are the destination of your journey. Mount Säntis is the highest mountain in eastern Switzerland. The Säntis cable car starts out from Schwägalp, which is easy to reach throughout the year without a Swiss motorway toll sticker using well-maintained roads that are kept clear of snow in winter. There is plenty of free parking at the cable car base station (including bus and disabled parking bays). Public transport By train to Urnäsch or Nesslau. Then by post bus straight to the base station. Car / bus Time Distance Zürich-Schwägalp 1.20 h 81 km Chur-Schwägalp 1.20 h 88 km Friedrichshafen-Schwägalp 1.45 h 66 km Lindau-Schwägalp 1.20 h 98 km Konstanz-Schwägalp 1.20 h 61 km Bregenz-Schwägalp 1.15 h 76 km Stuttgart München Singen Ravensburg Meersburg Schaffhausen Friedrichshafen Konstanz Kreuzlingen Lindau Frauenfeld Romanshorn Bregenz Rorschach Altenrhein Wil Zürich Winterthur Gossau St.Margrethen St.Gallen Altstätten Zürich Herisau Appenzell Wattwil Schwägalp Urnäsch Rapperswil Feldkirch Nesslau Wildhaus Amden Buchs Arlberg Ziegelbrücke Sargans For more information, visit Glarus www.saentisbahn.ch and www.sbb.ch Schedule 2021 Keeping an eye on six different countries as well as the time. 19 October 2020 to 17 January 2021* Mon – Sun 08.30 am – 17.00 pm 6 February to 14 May 2021 Mon – Fri 08.30 am – 17.00 pm Sat, Sun 08.00 am – 17.00 pm 15 May to 24 October 2021 Mon – Fri 07.30 am – 18.00 pm Sat, Sun 07.30 am – 18.30 pm 25 October to 31 December 2021 Mon – Sun 08.30 am – 17.00 pm * Cable car closure from Monday, 18 January, to Friday, 5 February 2021. The cable car is set to operate at the weekend in good weather. Further information at www.saentisbahn.ch Departures every 30 min., other departures as required. Stop at pillar 2: only possible at full and half hour. Last outward journey: half an hour before closing time. Frequency, journey time, extra Accessibility journeys – Most of the paths, toilets and – Daily, on the full hour and half restau rants are suitable for hour the disabled and wheelchair- – Journey time: 10 min. accessible – Max. 85 people per cabin – We would be happy to oblige if you – On request, unscheduled journeys require additional assistance for groups can be arranged – Disabled parking is available right outside normal operating hours next to the cable car base station Prices 2021 A priceless experience. For just 5 centimes per metre of altitude. Return Single CHF EUR CHF EUR Adults (16 and over) 54.00 49.10 38.00 34.55 Adults with Half-Fare Card / GA* 27.00 24.55 19.00 17.30 Students and apprentices* 30.00 27.30 21.00 19.10 Children (6 and over) 27.00 24.55 19.00 17.30 * Valid ID card required. All prices including VAT. Prices and rates of exchange subject to change. Reductions – 50 % reduction – Family deal With the Swiss Flexi Pass / Children aged 6 and over travel- Swiss Travel Pass and Half-Fare ling with at least one parent or Card / GA grandparent travel for free with – Reductions the SBB Juneor Card or Grand The reductions apply to the Children’s Card regular prices for return journeys – Birthday treat and may not be accumulated. Travel on the cable car for half price on your birthday (please Payment bring your current ID or passport) – Cash or EC / credit card / Twint – Free travel – Change is given in euros if you The cable car ride is free for pay in euros children under 6 and visitors – Euro price valid only for cash with the BodenseeErlebniskarte payments or Oskar Ferienkarte – Reka cheques can be used for the cable car and in the restaurants For group reductions and events, call the ­­­Säntis Event Team on T +41 71 365 65 65 Great prices 2021 For long-term enjoyment. Price and service. Our package deals guarantee you a Säntis Snack great time at attractive prices. The Smoked Appenzell sausage with cable car ride up Mount Säntis and bread, served with Schwägalp cheese back is included in the following and birnbrot (Appenzell pastry). packages. Adults 16 and over CHF 56.00 | EUR 50.95; children 6 and over, Half- Säntis Breakfast* Fare Card / GA CHF 46.00 | EUR 41.85 Copious breakfast buffet at the summit of Mount Säntis, daily from Säntis Lunch first outward journey to 10.30 am. Soup of the day, Appenzell-style Adults 16 and over CHF 62.00 | sliced veal on creamy mushroom EUR 56.40; children 13 and over, sauce, with mostbröckli (air-dried Half-Fare Card / GA CHF 52.00 | beef) and apple, home-made spätzli EUR 47.30; children 6 and (Swiss pasta) and vegetable garnish. over, CHF 42.00 | EUR 38.20; chil- Adults 16 and over CHF 70.00 | dren under 6 CHF 6.00 | EUR 5.50 EUR 63.65; children 6 and over, Half-Fare Card/GA CHF 60.00 | Appenzell Sunday Buffet* EUR 54.55 Enjoy the typical Appenzell Sunday with musical entertainment from All-Inclusive 11.30 am to 3 pm (starter buffet, main Soup of the day, pork medaillons on course buffet and dessert buffet). Säntis Single Malt Whisky sauce, Adults 16 and over CHF 91.00 | home-made spätzli and vegetable EUR 82.75; children 13 and over, garnish, Toggenburger Schlorzi- Half-Fare Card / GA CHF 81.00 | fladen with vanilla ice cream. 1 dl EUR 73.65; children 6 and over wine or beer or ½ litre of mineral CHF 51.00 | EUR 46.40: children water and a cup of coffee. under 6 CHF 15.00 | EUR 13.65 Adults 16 and over CHF 93.00 | EUR 84.55; children 6 and over, Half-Fare Card / GA CHF 83.00 | EUR 75.50 Prices and exchange rates are subject * Reservation essential! to change. T +41 71 365 65 65 Special trips 2021 That little something extra. Just for you. Sunrise rides Säntis-Spitzegnoss* A unique natural spectacle com- We’re putting on the very best of plete with a large breakfast buffet in local cuisine and folklore for you at the panorama restaurant on every the summit of Mount Säntis on two Sunday in July and August. First evenings – 29 May and 30 October outward journey at 5 am in July and 2021. Outward journeys from 6 to 6 am in August. 7 pm, return journeys from 10 pm. Adults 16 and over CHF 62.00 | Adults 16 and over CHF 115.00 | EUR 56.40; children 13 and over, EUR 104.55; Half-Fare Card / GA Half-Fare Card / GA CHF 52.00 | CHF 105.00 | EUR 95.50 EUR 47.30, children 6 and over, CHF 42.00 | EUR 38.20; children Metzgete «Rond oms Alpschwii»* under 6 CHF 6.00 | EUR 5.50 Autumn is the season for pork! Over two weekends, we’ll be serving you Full moon rides* the choicest cuts from mountain pigs. Evening rides up Mount Säntis by Friday / Saturday, 5 / 6 and 12 / 13 No- cable car take place on every full vember 2021. From 5 to 10 pm on moon evening throughout the year Fridays and noon to 10 pm on Satur- (for dates, see Säntis Event Calen- days. Outward / return journeys every dar). Complete with Full Moon Buffet half hour continuously. and music at the summit. Outward Adults 16 and over CHF 75.00 | journeys 6 –7.30 pm, return journeys EUR 68.20; children 13 and over, starting 9 pm. Half-Fare Card / GA CHF 65.00 | Adults 16 and over CHF 95.00 | EUR 59.10; children 6 and over EUR 86.40; children 13 and over, CHF 45.00 | EUR 40.95 Half-Fare Card / GA CHF 85.00 | EUR 77.30; Children 6 and over; * Reservation essential! CHF 60.00 | EUR 54.55 T +41 71 365 65 65 Gift vouchers available for all these packages. T +41 71 365 65 00 or visit www.saentisbahn.ch New worlds of experiences Discover a fascinating new side of Mount Säntis. Mount Säntis – Mount Säntis – a world of ice the weather mountain In the “Mount Säntis – a world of Mount Säntis is known as the moun- ice” world of experiences, the jour- tain of weather superlatives and re- ney of discovery will continue. Walk cords. For example, it boasts the through the ice ages and dive into world’s longest series of measure- the fascination of glaciers, ice and ments documented by a mountain- snow. Did you know, for example, top weather station. And did you that there is still a glacier on Mount know that the most lightning strikes Säntis? Or that glacial ice is blue? in Switzerland are recorded on the Do you know the difference be- Säntis summit? tween frost days and ice days? Discover these and other weather re- Mount Säntis is covered in snow on cords in the new world of experienc- an average of 300 days a year, and es at the top of Mount Säntis. On the temperature falls below 0 °C on Mount Säntis, you can not only expe- 246 days. These are frost days. If rience the weather, but also take in a temperatures remain in the minus stunning panoramic view. From the range throughout the day, it’s an ice summit, you can enjoy the unique day. Mount Säntis has 157 ice days six-country panorama and the view a year. over Lake Constance and the Swiss Alps, extending from Graubünden to Learn all about the “jewels of heav- the four-thousand-metre peaks in en” – from snow crystals and glacial the Bernese Oberland.