Hüser, Mountain summit in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland.
Hüser is a summit ridge on the Furgglenfirst between the Saxer Lücke and the Staubernkanzel, on the border of the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Innerrhoden at the eastern edge of the Alpstein. The ridge carries three summits recorded under old field names: Üssere Hüser at 1,914 m, Mittlere Hüser at about 1,936 m and Hintere Hüser at 1,951 m, separated by the Hüsersattel. On the Rheintal side, the rock needle between the Üsseren and Mittleren Hüsern is called Chirchli, and the Turm tower in the south flank is marked at 1,784 m.
The name Hüser appears on the national map for the ridge between Hochhus and the Stauberenkanzel, covering three summits recorded under old field names: Üssere Hüser at 1,914 m, Mittlere Hüser at about 1,936 m and Hintere Hüser at 1,951 m. The Hüsersattel lies between the middle and rear summits. The Siegfried map, the Swiss topographic atlas drawn before 1926, already placed the name Kirchli between the church-shaped rock tower and point 1,914.
The name Hüser appears on the national map at point 1,914 m, while the three summits carry old field names: Üssere Hüser (1,914 m), Mittlere Hüser (about 1,936 m) and Hintere Hüser (1,951 m). The rock needle between the first two is called Chirchli on the Frümsen side, and the Hüsersattel separates the middle and rear summits. The Zaalugge, a notch above the Schafwand, is barely used today.
The Hüser ridge is walked as a high route from the Hohen Kasten to the Staubernkanzel, with only about 200 metres of descent; the ridge itself is bypassed to the northwest from the Staubernkanzel. Descents from the Saxer Lücke north to the Fälensee or south to Sax are far more strenuous, since the Hüser rise about 1,500 metres above the St. Galler Rheintal and still 1,200 metres above the Saxer Lücke.
From the summit you can see down into the St. Galler Rheintal valley on one side and mountain terrain on the other. The location sits conveniently between hiking routes and the Staubern mountain hut.
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