Alpstein

Just a quick note before you go off and work that forefinger: this area covers north-east Switzerland, which by my definition is that area to the north of Walensee and east of Zürich. The Churfirsten has therefore been included here even though it is not actually within the Alpstein itself.
There`s four pages here because I am lucky to live within half-an-hour of the north end of the Alpstein. A good number of British climbers would give their right arm to live so close to a place like this, and that I very nearly did. July 20th 2004 saw me setting off for the Alpstein on my scooter with a rucksack on my back full of photographic gear. Colliding head-on with an oncoming car, I somersaulted over the handle-bars and landed on my head, breaking the fourth vertebra in my neck in three places. More on the grizzly story here oder hier.

Sunset light on a pinnacle on the
south face of the Säntis

Farmhouse above Brülisau

Churfirsten from
Säntis summit

Föhn clouds above the Churfirsten,
seen from Gamplüt

Sunset light on the Chlus,
behind Filderkopf

Sunrise light on the Oehrli seen from
the north face of the Filderkopf

Direct democracy at the
Landsgemeinde, Appenzell

Farmhouse above Brülisau

Hoher Kasten in evening light,
from Grueben

Sunrise light on Wildkirchli SAC hut
and restaurant, beneath Aescher wall

Spring flowers on meadow beneath
Schwägalp, Säntis behind

Silberplatten group
from Säntis summit

Oehrli and Altenalp Türm from Wartegg

Altenalp Türm from
beneath the Schäfler

Photographed on market-day in Heiden

Alpsiegel, Marwees and Säntis
from Chapf

Beneath the north wall of the Säntis,
at Schwägalp

Alpsiegel, Marwees and Säntis
from Chapf

Path sign
on the Gäbris

Barn at Seeben, Silberplatten
in sunset light behind

Motorbiker en route to Neu St. Johann
from Schwägalp

Icicles on house opposite
Wasserauen train station

Oehrli and Säntis from Wartegg

Icicles on a house
in Weissbad

Säntis group from an alp
near Bogarten

Haybarn near road
from Grabs to Voralpsee

Fähnerenspitz from a cave
in the north wall of the Alpsiegel

Gamsberg group from Sichelkamm

Leuenfall in winter, near Lehmen

A camp on the Fähnerenspitz

Hay-gathering
near Urnäsch

Säntis group from Langflue, by road
from Urnäsch to Schwägalp

Sunset behind cross,
at Höchstofel on Fänerenspitz

Walkers on Lütispitz,
Säntis behind

A pinnacle on the north side
of the Filderkopf

Forscherstein Klettergarten
near Wasserauen

Partial solar eclipse above
St Gallen football stadium

A rainy day in Hagenbuch, St Gallen

Photographed in shared garden
at Rehetobelstrasse 34, St Gallen

A wharf on Bodensee,
near Arbon, in winter

Photographed in a small cave formed by
ice formations, Hagenbuch, St Gallen

Ice formations at Kräxerli near road
from Urnäsch to Schwägalp

Soppelsa family
at Bogarten

Säntis from Kräxerli,
near road to Schwägalp

Small cascade by Wasserauen
train station

Icicles on house opposite
Wasserauen train station