Nice post! Wish you a good recovery! I was not as lucky as you with the weather when I was there last in July. About cable cars, I usually prefer to take them only to go down after a good hike up. Going up starting from Wasserauen, Seealpsee, Ebenalp then along the northern ridge up until Säntis was a very nice hike, though quite exhausting (2000m up).
Here before reaching Seealpsee, we could see our target Säntis waiting for us :
Seealpsee that you mentioned :
Starting the ascent, we pass below Ebenalp, with its famous Ascher cliff restaurant :
Taking some altitude, now seeing lake Seealpsee below :
We encounter some cows who seem to enjoy the view :
Some parts are somehow challenging once we arrive closer to the top, but always well secured with cables or ladders :
And finally the last exposed portion to reach the cable car !
Clouds were all around unfortunately. But still a very rewarding journey : )
Wow!! This looks like a tough hike! 2000 m sounds tiring. We've seen people walking that final ascending part and I must say they looked exhausted.
I usually prefer to hike up as well, but it was not possible in my current conditions. I was grateful that there was the cable car even though I'm usually scared of hanging on a cable :)
I'm sorry to hear that it was cloudy. After such a hike, it would have been very rewarding for you to enjoy the views. I hope that you will manage to come again.
AND please make a post about your journey as I'm sure more people would enjoy it. Your photos are great! :)
Thank you for your amazing comment!
EDIT: I've just noticed that you're based in Zurich so I'm sure you'll be able to visit Santis again :) BTW, maybe we could organize a Swiss meet up in the future if there would be more Swiss based people :)
Thank you ! For sure I will post my hikes here, I have done a lot since I moved to Switzerland, just need time to put them together. I don't have a high quality camera, simply my phone, but would be happy to share trail descriptions with pictures
Best wishes and maybe see you on top of a Swiss mountain :)
I went to Pilatus yesterday, check it out : )
https://steemit.com/nature/@deconstruction/the-dragon-above-the-clouds-pilatus-hike-part-1-intro