Last Sunday we made use of the lovely weather and drove from Konstanz to hike at the Seealpsee in Appenzell. The temperature was perfect, and there was still snow up on the mountains.
The Seealpsee from above
Of course the drone came along and was allowed up for a short while. From above, the turquoise lake and the snow-capped peaks revealed themselves. The Seealpsee lies at 1,143 metres in the Alpstein and can be reached on foot from Wasserauen or from the Ebenalp; it supplies electricity and drinking water to the town of Appenzell.
Pictures of the hike at the Seealpsee
Here are a few pictures from our lovely tour.
A pale rock tooth between dark forested slopes – on the way to the Seealpsee.A layered rock face with bushes, a distant summit behind.Left, spruces on the steep slope; right, rock bands streaked with snow.A rocky knob low in the frame against a wide blue sky.A long rock step flecked with snow above dark spruces – there was still snow up high.Between dark rock walls: the Säntis with its transmitter mast.A pale rock face above bare trees, a small rock pillar on the right.A stream tumbles over the rock, bare trees and a grey wall above.Folded grey rock fills the whole frame – pure Alpstein.A pointed crest in front of a pale wall, a path in the grass on the right.Left, the steep rock face; behind, a snowy valley with distant peaks.A narrow strip of snow and a stream on the brown slope.Rugged peaks with snowfields beneath a pale sky.A steep ridge streaked with snow, a path on the right-hand slope.A steep rocky nose flecked with snow juts into the grey sky.The shore of the Seealpsee with spruces, two rocky plateaus above – the lake lies at 1,143 metres.Left, spruces in front of a layered wall; right, a steep rock flank.Massive grey rock with a ledge of snow running across it.A layered rocky nose, snow at its foot, the slope dropping steeply away.A thin waterfall in a rocky gully, bare broadleaf forest all around.Two waterfalls in a rocky gorge between spruces.
