Alvier - Schaner Alp - Vormsweg

We start the hike at the Palfries mountain station. The Palfriesbahn cable car takes us up around 1,250 meters in just 12 minutes. The cable car travels over an impressive waterfall (Ragnatscher Bach) and takes us up to the Palfries plateau.

The hike takes us from the mountain station to the parking lot of the Palfries mountain inn. Here the path branches off to the right and leads us initially slightly uphill into the alpine meadow. From around 1,800 m above sea level. M. it becomes steep. The difficult sections are secured with ropes or chains. Once we reach the summit of the Alvier, we can enjoy a unique view in all four directions.

From the Alvierhütte, we descend via the Barbielergrat ridge to Stofel, where we can take a short breather in the Besenbeizli restaurant. We reach the mountain road via the varied, sometimes narrow Vormsweg (mountain path). Here we start to climb uphill, partly via the alpine road or via mountain paths to Chamm (point 1767). The long ascent is rewarded with a magnificent view (back into the Rhine Valley and forward towards Lake Walen). We reach the Palfries mountain inn and the mountain station via the alpine meadow.

It's worth waiting for the sunset on the Alvier summit and then spending the night in the Alvierhütte - an unforgettably beautiful nature experience!

From the Palfries mountain station, the trail first leads along the road (in a north-westerly direction) to the Palfries mountain inn. After the large parking lot, we branch off to the right; across alpine meadows, the ascent is leisurely at first, then increasingly steeper. From 1800 m above sea level, the trail becomes quite alpine. In a chimney gully, we climb between the rocks using a wooden ladder to the ridge exit at Chemmi. Looking back, you can see the Flums Mountains with the striking Spitzmeilen and Lake Walen.

Continue along the rugged south ridge, which is always secured with ropes and chains in difficult places, to the Alvierhütte and the summit plateau of the Alvier. The steep ascent is well worth it, as it offers a unique 360° panoramic view of Lake Walen, Lake Constance and the Rhine Valley, the Glarus Alps, the Voralberg peaks and, on a clear day, the Tyrolean and Engadine mountains.

From the Alvier summit, the descent leads along a narrow mountain hiking trail to the Barbielergrat ridge. From there, continue along the hiking trail across the Schaneralp alpine pasture to Stofel, where you will find a "Besenbeizli". After a flat section, there is a short, steep ascent towards Fliedaköpfe, Vormsweg. The path is marked in white and red. The Vormsweg, a varied mountain trail, leads along sometimes narrow paths to the mountain road and on to the start of the mountain hiking trail. Passing the SBC Gauschla club hut, we reach the mountain road, which we follow for about 500 meters. Then we take another shortcut and return to the mountain road, which we follow downhill. The route now leads uphill through a moorland area towards Hinderelabria to the Chamm. This path occasionally crosses water-bearing ditches, which are spanned by light bridges. Before we head towards Palfries, we take one last look back and enjoy the magnificent view of the Rhine Valley and across to the neighboring country of Liechtenstein with its striking mountains. Keeping to the right, the path leads us across the alpine meadow of Palfries to the mountain road. There we continue in a south-easterly direction to the mountain station. We reach the Palfries mountain inn a quarter of an hour before our destination (mountain station).