St. Jost is located on the pilgrimage route from the Ägeri Valley to Einsiedeln on the Raten. The chapel is inconspicuous, but the view of Lake Ägeri and the mountains of Schwyz and Zug is spectacular. A hermitage was built on St. Jost at 1150 meters above sea level at the beginning of the 17th century, and continued until the end of the 19th century. From the chapel and the nearby vantage point, you can see across Lake Ägeri to Einsiedeln and the Rossberg.
The Zug Alpli
On the Rossberg, the Zuger Alpli, it can happen that after a three-hour hike you end up back at the starting point instead of the destination. But how does this happen?
A long, long time ago, Ägeri was in dire financial straits and asked the people of Zug for help. After much back and forth, the people of Zug agreed. But the loan had to be repaid on a specific date: on St. Martin's Day after five years. The Ägeri's pledge was a piece of land on the Rossberg. So the village sent three citizens to pay off the loan in a timely manner.
The people of Zug - clever as they were - wanted the land much more than the money and went to meet the delegates in order to tempt them with wine in the pub. By the time the people of Zug realized how quickly time passed with the wine, it was already too late: the city gates were closed.
The fate of the villagers was sealed and so even today you can see the three men on the Alpli on dark nights. Anyone who encounters the figures gets lost on the path and cannot find their destination.
Directions
From the car park at the Ratenhospiz it is a short walk to St. Jost.
