and flowers
TREK 1: A TOUR OF THE SILVRETTA ALPS
Prelude Klosters Platz to Berghaus Vereina
Stage 1 Berghaus Vereina to Lavin
Stage 2 Lavin to Chamanna Tuoi
Stage 3 Chamanna Tuoi to the Jamtal Hut
Stage 4 Jamtal Hut to the Wiesbadener Hut
Stage 4A Jamtal Hut to the Bielerhöhe
Stage 5 Wiesbadener Hut (or Bielerhöhe) to the Tübinger Hut
Stage 6 Tübinger Hut to Klosters Platz
Stage 6A Tübinger Hut to Schlappin
Stage 6B Schlappin to Klosters Dorf
TREK 2: THE PRÄTTIGAUER HÖHENWEG
Stage 1 Klosters Platz to Schlappin
Stage 2 Schlappin to St Antönien
Stage 3 St Antönien to the Carschina Hut
Stage 4 Carschina Hut to the Schesaplana Hut
Stage 5 Schesaplana Hut to Seewis
Stage 1 St Antönien to the Carschina Hut
Stage 1a St Antönien to the Carschina Hut via Partnun
Stage 2 Carschina Hut to the Schesaplana Hut
Stage 3 Schesaplana Hut to Nenzinger Himmel
Stage 4 Nenzinger Himmel to the Douglass Hut (or Brand)
Side trip Ascent of the Schesaplana
Stage 5 Douglass Hut to the Lindauer Hut
Stage 6 Lindauer Hut to the Tilisuna Hut
Side trip Ascent of the Sulzfluh
Stage 7 Tilisuna Hut to St Antönien
Route 1 Wiesbadener Hut – Rote Furka – Silvretta Hut
Route 2 Wiesbadener Hut – Litzner Sattel – Saarbrücker Hut
Route 3 Saarbrücker Hut – Schweizerlücke – Plattenjoch – Seetal Hut
Route 4 Schlappin – Schlappiner Joch – Gargellen
Route 5 St Antönien – Tilisunafürggli – Tilisuna Hut
Route 6 Tilisuna Hut – Plasseggenpass – Sarotla Joch – Gargellen
Route 7 Tilisuna Hut – Tilisunafürggli – Carschina Hut
Route 8 Carschina Hut – Drusator – Lindauer Hut
Route 9 Douglass Hut – Lünerkrinne – Heinrich-Hueter Hut
Route 10 Douglass Hut – Cavelljoch – Schesaplana Hut
Route 11 Douglass Hut – Totalp Hut
Route 12 Totalp Hut – Gamsluggen – Schesaplana Hut
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix D Language notes and glossary
The Totalp Hut enjoys a fine view over the Lünersee to the Kirchlispitzen (Hut-to-Hut, Route 11)
Above the Lünersee the path to the Cavelljoch follows a charming stream into the marshy basin (Hut-to-Hut, Route 10)
INTRODUCTION
A clutter of limestone is turned into a natural rock garden on the way to the Schesaplana Hut (Trek 2, Stage 4)
Defining the borders of Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein south of Lake Constance (the Bodensee), the Rätikon Alps give the appearance of an abrupt wall of limestone erupting from meadows and screes full of flowers. That frontier wall pushes southeastwards to blend into the glacier-daubed range of the Silvretta Alps which extends as far as the Samnaun Group above the River Inn.
What mountains these are!
Although they form an almost continuous line, the two ranges are scenically and geologically very different. One is almost dolomitic in character, the other is reminiscent of the Western Alps. The Rätikon displays big blank faces of rock topped by turrets and towers; the Silvretta boasts snowfields and a number of retreating glaciers. No Rätikon summit reaches 3000 metres (the highest is the Schesaplana at 2964m), while the Silvretta claims at least 40 peaks in excess of that figure. To the south the Rätikon falls away into the lush green meadows of the Prättigau, to the north into Austria’s Montafon valley in Vorarlberg, while the Silvretta is partly contained by the upper reaches of the Prättigau on one side, by the lower Inn valley in Switzerland’s Graubunden on another, and by the Paznauntal east of the Bielerhöhe where the Austrian Tyrol contains its northern limits.
Despite many contrasts, the Rätikon and Silvretta Alps share glorious scenery, a wealth of alpine flowers, attractive villages in their outlying valleys, a fine selection of mountain huts, an abundance of walkers’ passes, and wonderful trekking opportunities.
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