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Mt. Säntis
Getting Here and Around
From Zürich or St. Gallen take the Herisau exit—from Appenzell the main road—to Urnäsch, and head up to Schwägalp, where a cable car does the heavy lifting those last 4,400 feet up to the peak.
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