Chäserrugg

The Chäserrugg is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps located in the Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, rising to above sea level.
It is the easternmost of the "seven peaks" of the Churfirsten, the other six being, running east to west, the Hinterrugg, Schibenstoll, Zuestoll, Brisi, Frümsel, Selun. In spite of it being counted among the "seven peaks", it has a modest prominence of just, forming part of the ridge ascending to Hinterrugg. The mountain overlooks Lake Walen and Seez Valley to the south and the Thur Valley and Alpstein range to the north.

Name

The mountain's name translates to "cheesemaker's ridge" and is properly the name of the ridge ascending towards it from the north, beginning at Ruggschöpf at about and was only transferred to the "peak" when the "seven Churfirsten" were systematized in the late 19th or early 20th century; in the 19th century, there was also a fashion of etymologizing the name of the Churfirsten range as Kurfürsten, which occasionally inspired a name variant Kaiserruck for the Chäserrugg.

Transport

Part of Toggenburg's ski resort, it is reached from Unterwasser, at, by the Iltiosbahn, a funicular opened in 1934, to Iltios, situated at, and from there by a cable car, which opened in 1972. Unterwasser is connected by a PostAuto bus line to, and railway stations.