St. Georgen Trail 441

The Outdoor Fitness Trails in the Heidiland holiday region include over 30 uniformly signposted running routes from a total of 10 stations, making it one of the largest outdoor fitness parks in the Alpine region. The St. Georgen Trail is one of three running routes around the Flums station.

The starting point for this 6.3 km long trail is the Infopoint of the Flums station at the car park of the railway station (451 m above sea level). Even at the railway station, before the bridge over the Seez, all three trails turn right onto the sidewalk alongside the stream to the next small bridge. After crossing this, it continues through a residential area toward the football field. Only here do the trails separate. The St. Georgen Trail and the 2-Villages Trail run behind the football field along a footpath beside the Schils stream - with a magnificent view of the Gräpplang castle ruins, the surrounding vineyards, and the imposing Churfirsten. At the ARA (436), the trails follow a paved road that crosses the railway bridge towards Berschis. After the overpass, the trails separate. The St. Georgen Trail continues on the motorway overpass to the village entrance of Berschis (444). The trail now goes right through the idyllic village. At the southern end of Berschis, the steep climb to the St. Georgen Chapel (588) begins. The paved road passes the Golrina settlement (500), along the forest to the car park with the information board about the chapel. It then continues over a pasture and through a light mixed forest up to the chapel, high above the village. From up there, there is a wonderful view over the valley and the surrounding mountains. The descent through the dense forest back to the Golrina settlement passes the Lourdes Grotto and is quite steep (warning: slippery when wet). Back in Berschis, you meet the 2-Villages Trail. Together the trails reach the motorway underpass in the middle of the industrial zone between Flums and Walenstadt, which leads back to the Infopoint at the railway station car park in Flums.