Circular hike Arvenwegli

We start the hike at the mountain station Palfries. With the Palfriesbahn we have previously overcome about 1,250 meters of altitude in just 12 minutes. The train goes over an imposing waterfall (Ragnatscher Bach) and takes us up to the Palfries plateau.

On this hike (start at the mountain station) the children also have fun. It is varied and not strenuous. The hiking trail leads over the Chamm planted with Swiss stone pines and then over the alpine pasture to the large car park. Shortly before the end of the hike we meet the Berggasthaus Palfries, where we can enjoy the wide view of the southernmost mountains of the canton of St. Gallen and the Glarus Alps.

A walk over the ridge planted with many Swiss stone pines makes the hearts of the children beat faster. Enjoy the view of the southernmost mountains of the canton of St. Gallen and the Glarus Alps from the Berggasthaus Palfries.

From the mountain station we hike on the asphalted alpine road in a southeasterly direction to the parking lot on the Chamm. There we turn left through the fenced parking lot and along the striking border fence over the alpine pasture. At the top is a dry stone wall. We will follow this a few meters in a northerly direction and you are already in front of a recessed bench, where the entrance is located. This path winds through the sparse pine / Swiss stone pine forest. Initially, the hiking trail climbs a bit and then leads comfortably through the rest of the forest section. Soon we come across the crossing, white-red-white marked mountain path, which leads from the Wartau side over the Chamm to the Palfries plateau. There we turn half left and follow the mountain trail marking over the alpine pasture. After about 500 m, the path branches off to the left and shortly afterwards we come across the road that leads us back to the starting point.

If we want to enjoy the alpine flora a quarter of an hour longer, then we do not branch off and continue the hike on the more or less flat path, until we reach the mountain path Alvier (2342 m above sea level). Here we take the path downhill, where we will arrive within a very short time to the parking lot belonging to the mountain inn Palfires. The hiking time from here back to the starting point (mountain station Palfries) is a quarter of an hour.