Chäserrugg (or ''Käserrugg'') is a mountain in

Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg (Wahlkreis), Toggenburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was for ...

municipality,

Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the River Thur (Switzerland), Thur and that of the Necker (river), Necker, one of its afluents. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis ...

, canton of St. Gallen,

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, rising to 2,262 m. It is the easternmost of the "seven peaks" of the

Churfirsten Churfirsten is a mountain range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. They form the natural boundary between the canton's Toggenburg and Sarganserland districts. They are the southernmost range of the Appenzell Alps, separated from the ...

, the other six being, running east to west,

Hinterrugg The Hinterrugg (or Hinderrugg) is the highest peak of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It overlooks the town of Walenstadt and the lake in the canton of St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible via the Chäserrugg cabl ...

(2,306 m), Schibenstoll (2,234 m),

Zuestoll The Zuestoll is one of the peaks of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It lies between the valley of Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the River Thur (Switzerland), ...

(2,235 m),

Brisi The Brisi is a mountain of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It overlooks Lake Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen. The summit is easily accessible by trail but via the north side in Toggenburg Toggenburg is a reg ...

(2,279 m),

Frümsel The Frümsel is one of the peaks of the Churfirsten group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It lies between the valley of Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the River Thur (Switzerland), ...

(2,263 m), Selun (2,205 m). In spite of its being counted among the "seven peaks", it has a modest

prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

of just 14 m, forming part of the ridge ascending to

. Part of Toggenburg's

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North Am ...

, it is reached from Unterwasser (911 m) by Iltiosbahn, a

funicular A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep grade (slope), slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to ...

opened 1934 to ''Iltios'' (1,339 m), and from there by

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(opened 1972). The mountain's name translates to "cheesemaker's ridge" and is properly the name of the ridge ascending towards it from the north,so indicated (as ''Käserrugg'') on the Siegfried Map
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beginning at ''Ruggschöpf'' at about 1,800 m and was only transferred to the "peak" when the "seven Churfirsten" were systematized in the late 19th or early 20th century; in the 19th century, there was also a fashion of etymologizing the name of the Churfirsten range as '' Kurfürsten'' "prince-electors", which occasionally inspired a name variant ''Kaiserruck'' "emperor's back" for Chäserrugg.

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* http://www.chaeserrugg.ch/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaeserrugg Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of St. Gallen Appenzell Alps