Alt St. Johann, Saint Gallen · Switzerland · ski area
Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann is a ski area in Alt St. Johann, Saint Gallen, Switzerland with 33 km of mapped downhill runs and 23 lifts, between 891 m and 2,260 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 33 km
- Lifts
- 23
- Top elevation
- 2,260 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,369 m
- Cross-country
- 21 km
- Nearest airport
- ACH · 39 km
Slopes by difficulty
44 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 15 Funiculars
- 3 Gondolas
- 2 T-bars
- 1 Button lifts
- 1 Cable cars
- 1 Chairlifts
Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann is a ski area in Alt St. Johann, Saint Gallen, Switzerland. Its 44 mapped downhill runs add up to 33 km, which ranks it #35 of 348 ski areas in Switzerland and gives it 0.8% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 754 m long.
Slopes at Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann
About 22% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 74% intermediate and 4% advanced or expert, which makes Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 23 lifts: 15 funiculars, 3 gondolas, 2 t-bars, 1 button lift, 1 cable car, 1 chairlift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 891 m up to 2,260 m, a vertical drop of 1,369 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 20.6 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann
The nearest airport is Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), about 39 km away in a straight line — roughly 51 minutes by car; Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH) is 57 km away. Nearby ski areas include Wildhaus (30.7 km), Säntisloipe, Wolzenalp (Krummenau) and Buchserberg (2.0 km), which together add 99 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann
- 1 ACH39 kmstraight line
- 2Bodensee Airport FriedrichshafenFDH57 kmstraight line
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Airports in GermanyTransfers & Meet & Greet → - 3 ZRH65 kmstraight line
- 4 FMM114 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Chäserrugg-Alt St. Johann
- 3 kmWildhaus31 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 2,069 m
- 9 kmSäntisloipeup to 968 m
- 10 kmWolzenalp (Krummenau)Small ski area
- 10 kmBuchserberg2.0 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,483 m
- 10 kmAmden Arvenbüel6.9 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,365 m
- 11 kmFlumserberg59 km of slopes · 24 lifts · up to 2,218 m
- 12 kmAmden Mattstock5.9 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,635 m
- 13 kmWolzenalp8.5 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,460 m
- 15 kmUrnäsch2.1 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,083 m
- 15 kmEbenalp-Horn9.5 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,700 m
- 15 kmKaltbrunn0.7 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,232 m
- 15 kmHemberg2.2 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,127 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.