Scheidegg Mountain Inn – Gonten Village loop from Jakobsbad
Scheidegg Mountain Inn – Gonten Village loop from Jakobsbad
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Scheidegg Mountain Inn – Gonten Village loop from Jakobsbad
01:18
14.8km
480m
Mountain biking
Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 29, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 7.08 km for 59 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
7.09 km
Scheidegg Mountain Inn
Highlight • Mountain Hut
It is not possible to determine exactly when people started travelling to Kronberg for other purposes. It can be assumed that after the discovery of spas outside the country's borders - Gontenbad in the 18th century, Jakobsbad after 1845 - people also hiked in the Kronberg area. There was certainly an increase in tourism after the Urnäsch-Gontenbad route of the "Appenzeller Bahnen" was opened to scheduled traffic on August 16, 1886. However, sources already document the existence of summer restaurants for several years before that.
Later, restaurants were set up on Kronberg but also in Gross Chenner. The following innkeepers are documented in advertisements: On Jakobi 1893, butcher Baumgartner, probably "Kreuz" innkeeper Conrad Baumgartner (1852-1900), in the summer regularly from 1894 and perhaps until 1898 Josef Anton Neff, whose dates of birth and death could not be determined in Gonten. Josef Anton Huber (1872-1931), "Mandlis", as the owner of this Alp, must also have run a restaurant on his property since 1899 or at least had someone run a restaurant there. On June 20, 1906, he had an advertisement in the "Appenzeller Volksfreund" announcing that the "Ruheplatz" inn on his Alp would be closed all summer. Perhaps this is related to the opening of the "Kronberg" inn on the Jakobsalp on July 14, 1906 by Johann Baptist Hersche in Gonten.
We do not know until when the restaurant was open every Saturday and Sunday when the weather was nice. Perhaps until 1917, because on June 13, 1918, the buildings belonging to the canton, the alpine hut and stable, were destroyed by fire and were not rebuilt due to reforestation.
Text / Source: Luftseilbahn Jakobsbad-Kronberg AG, St. Josefstrasse 2 · 9108 Jakobsbad
kronberg.ch/de/unternehmen/geschichte.html
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12.8 km
Gonten Village
Highlight • Settlement
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Tip by
12.9 km
Bären Restaurant & Hotel
Highlight • Restaurant
Very friendly staff and a beautiful restaurant. Whether eating, drinking or staying overnight it is worth a visit.
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14.8 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.8 km
1.65 km
216 m
196 m
Surfaces
12.9 km
1.56 km
211 m
181 m
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Furthermore, the MTB suggestions are mainly on hiking trails, which I don't think is welcomed here. There are …
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