To get to Aescher, you drop down from the top station of the Ebenalp cable car and scramble down a slippery trail through the Wildkirchli Hoelle (Wild Church Cave) and onto a narrow ledge. The cave can be seen on the right in the picture above - along with a small chapel - and the trail leads along the rock face towards Aescher (just around the corner on the left). A small covered bridge (tan structure on the left) lets you get across the most treacherous part of the trail.
Not to worry! A stout handrail make this a very safe walk - just a bit giddy for those with fear of straight dropoffs. Well worth it once you get to Aescher.
The Wildkirchli cave itself once housed cave bears (about 90,000 years ago) and you can imagine the huge lumbering beasts in this large cavern. Later, it was inhabited by hermits and became a chapel in the wilderness.
A brief detour on your destination up into the Alpstein, the Wildkirchli Cave and Berggasthaus Aescher are well worth an hour of your morning.
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