Säntis with the Säntis cable car

The Säntis cable car travels from the Schwägalp at 1360 metres to the summit station at 2500 metres, covering a difference in altitude of eleven hundred metres. The ride takes around ten minutes and has a gradient of up to ninety per cent. On the mountain is the Säntis-Erlebniswelt adventure world, with plenty of information about the mountain. The Säntis is considered a mountain of weather extremes, with recorded wind speeds of up to 230 km/h and temperatures as low as minus 32 degrees. The summit lies at 2502 metres above sea level.