Opening hours
Summer - Autumn 2025
Information about weekend operations on October 25 & 26, 2025
The cable car facilities and restaurants will remain closed this coming weekend.
Information on operations
Starting October 20, 2025, we are in the mid-season. The cableways and restaurants are closed from Monday to Friday.
In good weather, the facilities on the Unterwasser – Iltios – Chäserrugg axis, as well as the Iltios Mountain Restaurant and the Chäserrugg Summit Restaurant, are open on weekends. Information about weekend operations can be found here on the website.
The café-bar at Unterwasser station and the Tourist Info Center with post office are open daily.
Funicular Unterwasser – Iltios
Regular operating hours
| 10. & 11. May 2025 Mothers Day | Weekend operation 08.30 – 17.00 (17.30 descent only) |
| 17. May 2025 – 19. Oct. 2025 | Daily operation 08.30 – 17.00 (17.30 descent only) |
Sunrise rides
| 06., 13., 20., 27. July 2025 01. & 03. Aug. 2025 | First ascent 05.00, then continuous operation uphill until 17.00 (17.30 downhill only) |
| 10., 17. & 24. Aug. 2025 | First ascent 05.30, then continuous operation uphill until 17.00 (17.30 downhill only) |
Find out more about the sunrise rides with breakfast
1 August (National holiday)
| Friday, 01 Aug. 2025 | First ascent 05.00, followed by continuous ascent until 21.30 descent until 23.45, every 30 min. |
Find out more about the experiences on 1 August
Cable Car Iltios – Chäserrugg
Regular operating hours
| 29. May 2025 – 19. Oct. 2025 | Daily operation 08.43 – 16.43 (17.13 only descent) |
Sunrise rides
| 06., 13., 20., 27. July 2025 01. & 03. Aug. 2025 | First ascent 05.13, then continuous operation uphill until 16.43 (17.13 downhill only) |
| 10., 17. & 24. Aug. 2025 | First ascent 05.43, then continuous operation uphill until 16.43 (17.13 downhill only) |
Find out more about the sunrise rides with breakfast
1 August (National holiday)
| Friday, 01. Aug. 2025 | First ascent 05.13, then continuous ascent until 21.43 descent until 23.30, every 30 minutes |
Find out more about the experiences on 1 August
Chairlift / gondola Alt St. Johann - Alp Sellamatt
| 17. May 2025 – 19. Oct. 2025 | Daily operations 08.30 – 17.00 |
Gondola Espel – Stöfeli – Chäserrugg
| Alpine church service on the Stöfeli Sunday, 10.08.25 | Lift in operation from 09.00 – 16.30 |
| Further dates for groups on request |
| Open daily from 08.15 - 17.30 |
The Tourist Info Centre is located in the new Unterwasser Station on Frühweidstrasse. If you have any enquiries, please contact us at info@chaeserrugg.ch or phone +41 71 998 68 10!
Winter 2025/26
Funicular Unterwasser – Iltios
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 08.00 – 17.00 |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 12. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 08.00 – 17.00 |
Cable Car Iltios – Chäserrugg
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 08.13 – 16.00 (16.45 descent only) |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 12. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 08.13 – 16.00 (16.45 descent only) |
Chairlift Chäserrugg
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 09.00 – 16.00 |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 12. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 09.00 – 16.00 |
Gondola Espel – Stöfeli – Chäserrugg
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 8.30 – 16.15 |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 12. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 08.30 – 16.15 |
Practice Lift Iltios
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 09.00 – 16.00 |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 12. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 09.00 – 16.00 |
Chairlift / gondola Alt St. Johann - Alp Sellamatt
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 08.15 – 16.30 |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 06. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 08.15 – 16.30 |
Chairlift Ruestel
| 22. & 23. Nov. 2025 29. & 30. Nov. 2025 06. & 07. Dec. 2025 | Weekend operation in good snow conditions 08.30 – 16.15 |
| 12. Dec. 2025 – 06. Apr. 2026 | Daily operation 08.30 – 16.15 |
Kids Village Alt St. Johann
| 13. – 21. Dec. 2025 | Daily operation Mon – Fri 09.00 – 12.00 / 13.30 – 16.00 Sat & Sun 09.00 – 16.00 |
| 22. Dec. – 04. Jan. 2026 | Daily operation Mon – Sun 09.00 – 16.00 |
| 05. Jan. – 25. Jan. 2026 | Daily operation Mon – Fri 09.00 – 12.00 / 13.30 – 16.00 Sat & Sun 09.00 – 16.00 |
| 26. Jan. – 01. March 2026 | Daily operation Mon – Sun 09.00 – 16.00 |
| 02. – 15. March 2026 | Daily operation Mon – Fri 09.00 – 12.00 / 13.30 – 16.00 Sat & Sun 09.00 – 16.00 |
| all year round | Daily operation 08.15 – 17.30 |
The Tourist Information Centre is located in the new Unterwasser Valley Station on Frühweidstrasse. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@chaeserrugg.ch or tel. +41 71 998 68 10 Available!