Alt St. Johann, Switzerland

Alt St. Johann is located in St. Gallen, a canton the northern parts of Switzerland and if you are thinking of booking a ski trip to Alt St. Johann you have come to the right place. The best time of year to ski in Alt St. Johann is during the end November to start April.

In Alt St. Johann you will find 12 lifts with a lift capacity of 13621 passengers/hour. There are 50 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 8 kilometer blue pistes, 40 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 2 kilometer black pistes. As Alt St. Johann belongs to the ski area Chäserrugg - Unterwasser/Alt St. Johann (Toggenburg), one have access to all facilities in all ski resorts included there. The highest point in the ski system is at 2262 meter, which gives a vertical drop of 1362 meter. Here you can also find some really long pistes, the longest one is 7.9 kilometers.

Do you like to sleeping in in the morning? No problem, in Alt St. Johann there is the possibility of night skiing, so you will still get your fair share of skiing if you like. There are also other skiing and snowboarding activities here besides the slopes, for the more daring (and perhaps more experienced) skiers there is both a fun park and a halfpipe facility.

If downhill skiing isn't your thing, or other in travel company don't like it, there are 15 kilometers of cross-country skiing tracks available for those who needs a good exercise. For those of you who want to try something new (probably), there is also a toboggan run here that is open to the public, as well as prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to Alt St. Johann

The fastest way to get to Alt St. Johann is normally by plane, unless you don't live nearby. The airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport is only 38 kilometers from Alt St. Johann, which is an advantage as there are more transfer options and the travel time is shorter. It is also possible to fly to the airports Zürich International Airport, Zurich, which is 63 kilometers away, and Allgäu Airport/Memmingen, which has a distance of 113 kilometers from Alt St. Johann.

Closest ski resorts to Alt St. Johann

Just nearby, with a distance of 2 kilometers from Alt St. Johann, you will find Unterwasser. Other nearby ski resorts are Wildhaus (5 kilometers) and Amden-Arvenbüel (9 kilometers).