How many over 20 km hikes are listed in Appenzell Ausserrhoden?

9 routes currently meet both this guide’s filter and the directory quality gate. Each submitted route has a traceable source, mapped geometry and sampled elevation data.

What is the average distance and ascent?

The average mapped distance is 48.3 km with 1,402 m (4,600 ft) of recorded ascent. The longest route in this set is 106 km.

How are the routes ordered?

Rheintaler Höhenweg currently ranks first. Ordering uses the directory score and route-data completeness; it is not a claim that editors have field-tested every route.

Does an easy rating mean beginner-safe?

No route in this set is currently rated easy. In every category, verify surface, exposure, access and current conditions independently.

Hiking Trails Over 20 km in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

The directory currently contains 9 quality-checked routes matching this guide in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Their average mapped distance is 48.3 km and average recorded ascent is 1,402 m (4,600 ft); the longest route in the set is 106 km.

This subset represents 21% of the 42 quality-checked routes in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Its average distance is 48.3 km, compared with 15.0 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 1,402 m (4,600 ft), versus 560 m (1,837 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

Every route in this set is at least 20 km long. Whether it is normally completed in one day or in stages is not inferred from distance alone. Within this set, 0 routes (0%) are rated easy, 9 (100%) are rated hard or expert, and 1 (11%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

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How do these routes differ?

A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

24.0 km

ViaJacobi

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

264 m

ViaJacobi

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

Return logistics

0 recorded loops

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