Salomonstempel – Winter wonderland between Hemberg and Krummenau

My plan for this day was to go south again to Ticino, but when I got up this morning and listened to the news, I had to find out that there were no trains to Ticino until noon due to a precarious avalanche situation in the Gotthard area. Now what? With all the snow we got, the avalanche situation in northern Switzerland was at 4 (high) almost everywhere. Therefore, no "fancy" ski- or snowshoe tour came into question. I already had my snowshoes tied to my backpack and decided to visit the area which I know best and where I know the risks very well, the Toggenburg.

I started at  Hemberg, Post and walked along the street to Bad. Shortly after Bad is the start of the snowshoe trail Salomonstempel. Since I was the first person doing this trail after the "big snow", I had to make my own tracks, which was quite exhausting. I followed the trail up to Salomonstempel and Scherb, where I made a short break.

After that I followed the trail for another few hundred meters but then left it and walked on different paths in the Allmeindswald. I got out of the forest at Fuchsfallen and from there went across country down to Loch – Unterloch and to the main street there. I thought about continuing to Hinterfallenchopf, but due to the thick fog, the very tiring deep snow and bleeding fingers I got from tripping over a (hidden) barbed wire, I decided to walk down to Krummenau instead. First I walked along the (snow covered) street to Hof (Ämelsberg) and then in deep powder again down to the train station  Krummenau via Halden and Rübach.

 Hemberg, Post – Gäwis – Bad – Guggeien – Salomonstempel – Scherb (Chellen) – Allmeindswald – Fuchsfallen – Loch – Unterloch – P.974 Hof (Ämelsberg) – Halden – Rübach –  Krummenau