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Amenities Obertoggenburg

last updated: November 13, 2009

Resort information / access
Altitude Town / Resort 1100 m
Inhabitants - total: 2500
Lake yes
Country side yes
Mountains yes
Accessible by public bus yes
Accessible by private car yes
Local bus with regular schedule (all year round) yes
 
Distance to Intl. Airport
max. 2 h  
 
Lodging all year round
Hotels / Pensions - total number of establishments: 34
Hotels / Pensions - total number of beds: 1400
Holiday apartments and chalets - total beds: 2560
Group lodging - total beds: 1600
Bed-and-Breakfast yes
Backpacker / Low-Budget Hotel yes
Holidays on a farm yes
Sleeping in the hay yes
Mountain hut / Alpine hut yes
 
Sport and Wellness all year round
Fitness trail / Vita-Parcours yes
 
Culture / Entertainment all year round
Permanent exhibition yes
Concerts, regularly organized yes
 
Families / children - all year round
Quality label 'Families Welcome' yes
 
Other information all year round
Hobby-courses summer and/or winter (course language): Klangkurse (deutsch)
Mountain railways - info phone: 0848 84 15 06
 
Highlight / Special offers Summer:
Top News / Special offers summer NEU: noch attraktivere Wanderbillette für individuelle Wanderungen
 
Resort area / Transport installations in summer
Altitude of tourist region from 900 m
Altitude of tourist region, up to 2262 m
Local transport installations in summer - total: 6
Highest point reached via transport installations in summer 2306 m
Funiculars in summer - total: 1
Cable-cars in summer - total: 1
Gondolas in summer - total: 1
Chairlifts in summer - total: 3
 
Sports and Wellness in summer
Hiking trails in summer 300 km marked
Nordic Walking/Running 30 km
Mountainbike slopes 121 km marked
Obstacle course for bikes yes
 
Other information for summer
Camping ground in summer yes
 
Families / children - in summer
Children's adventure park yes
 
Other information for summer
Natural sights: Thurwasserfälle
 
Families / children - in summer
Children's animation, organized yes
 
Other information for summer
Cultural sights: Geburtshaus Huldrych Zwingli
Nature / adventure trails on the theme: Sagenweg, Klangweg
Interesting Link - additional summer info - URL www.toggenburg.ch
 
Top News / New infrastructure winter
Top News winter: Weiterausbau Beschneiung in Alt St. Johann
 
Live Cams
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Detailed local Weather Link http://www.toggenburg.org/de/weather.cfm
 
Winter sports area / Transport installations in winter
Name of winter sports area: Obertoggenburg
Altitude of alpine ski area, from 900 m
Altitude of alpine ski area, up to 2262 m
Price one day pass adult 53 CHF
Price one day pass children 30 CHF
Familien Reduktion yes
Ski bus yes
Snow sports school (phone.) diverse (071 999 99 11)
Season starts on: Weekends ab 21.11.2009
Season ends on: 18.04.2010
Local transport installations in winter - total: 17
Subregional transport installations - total: 17
Highest point reached via transport installations in winter 2262 m
Cable-cars - total: 1
Funiculars - total: 1
Gondolas - total: 1
Chairlifts - total: 4
Skilifts - total: 11
Babylift - Number: 1
 
Alpine Skiing
Snow - info phone: 0848 84 15 06
Name mesurepoint Station Unterwasser
Point of measure ski area bottom 1350 m
Point of measure ski area top 2262 m
Number of slopes: 23
Local ski slopes 60 km marked
Downhill slopes in local ski area with snow canons 8 km
Alpine ski area with skipass subregion 60 km
Level of difficulty of slopes 20 % beginners
Level of difficulty of slopes 70 % intermediates
Level of difficulty of slopes 10 % advanced
Alpine ski area surface 250000 m2:
Slope with powder snow(Freeride) 7 km checked and marked
Snow-/Boardercross slopes - total: 1
Snow-/Boardercross slopes 1 km marked
 
Snowboard
Fun / Obstacle or Snowboard Park - total: 2
Snow canons for snowboardpark yes
Lowest Snowboardpark 1300 m
Highest Snowboardpark 1500 m
Lift for Snowboardpark yes
Snowboard - info phone: 0848 84 15 06
 
Cross-country skiing / winter hiking
Cross country comments schneesichere Panoramaloipe auf Selamatt
gut erreichbare Trainingsloipe
gepflegete Talloipe Unterwasser-Starkenbach
Cross-country skiing - info phone: 0848 84 15 06
Altitude of cross-country ski area, from 900 m
Altitude of cross-country ski area, up to 1560 m
Cross-country skiing slopes, classic 42 km local
Cross-country skiing slopes 42 km subregion
Skating slopes 42 km
Skating trails 42 km marked
Cross-country skiing slope, illuminated at night 5 km
Dog slopes 4 km marked
Winter hiking trails 30 km marked and prepared
Snowshoe trail 7 km marked
 
Tobogganing
Tobogganing - Info phone: 0848 84 15 06
Tobogganing installations - total: 6
Tobogganing installations - total length:m 10000
Total difference in altitude of all installations 300 m
Tobogganing slopes (toboggans only) total 2 m maintained
Tobogganing trails total 10000 m marked
Public transportation to tobogganing installation yes
Toboggan rental possible yes
 
Families / children - in winter
Children's snowpark, maintained yes
Children's animation, public yes
Children's day-care, organized yes
 
Other information for winter
Camping ground in winter yes
Excursions on a horse-drawn sleigh, organized yes
Excursions with sleigh dogs, organized yes
Curling rinks number 4
Bavarian Curling rink: 3
Number of Snowtube slopes (Tire-tobogganing) 1
"""Other """"in"""" sports (winter):""" Carving, Schneeschuhlaufen, Telemark-Kurse
Interesting Link - additional winter info - URL www.toggenburg.ch
 
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