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35.05 Walserweg Graubünden Etappe 5: Safien Platz - Thusis

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/ Etappe 5: Fenster, Masügg, Heinzenberg
Photo: Nicole Kayser, Irene Schuler
/ Etappe 5: Sicht auf Piz Beverin, vom Glasspass aus
Photo: Nicole Kayser, Irene Schuler
/ Etappe 5: Piz Beverin von Innerglas
Photo: Nicole Kayser, Irene Schuler
/ Etappe 5: Auf dem Glaspass
Photo: Nicole Kayser, Irene Schuler
/ Etappe 5: Ochsenstand in Masein
Photo: Nicole Kayser, Irene Schuler
/ Etappe 5: im Dorf von Thusis
Photo: Nicole Kayser, Irene Schuler

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Im Angesicht des mächtigen Piz Beverin.

moderate

12.3 km

4:00 h

110 m

1,290 m

For centuries, the Safien inhabitants crossed the Glaspass with cattle and goods to the marketplace of Thusis. Walser folk settled in Inner and Usser Glas and Tschappina. The abandoned Walser settlement of Masügg, now alp pastureland, at the foot of the Piz Beverin.

Author’s recommendation

More information: www.walserweg.ch

Author

Nicole Kayser

Updated: January 13, 2021

Difficulty

moderate

Technique

Stamina

Experience

Landscape

Highest point

1,871 m

Lowest point

697 m

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Start

Safien Platz (1,869 m)

Coordinates:

46.677803, 9.346275

DMS

46°40'40.1"N 9°20'46.6"E

UTM

32T 526483 5169418

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Destination

Thusis

Turn-by-turn directions

Die genaue Wegbeschreibung findet sich im Buch "Walserweg Graubünden", Rotpunktverlag. Der Weg ist durchgängig mit der Routen-Nummer 35 signalisiert. Beschreibung und Signalisierung ersetzen jedoch keine Wanderkarte.

Note

Wildlife refuge Heinzenberg (Nolla): December 20 - March 30

all notes on protected areas

Coordinates

46.677803, 9.346275

DMS

46°40'40.1"N 9°20'46.6"E

UTM

32T 526483 5169418

w3w

///takeovers.grub.directors

Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

Book recommendation by the author

Irene Schuler, Walserweg Graubünden. In 23 Etappen vom Hinterrhein in den Rätikon. Rotpunktverlag Zürich, 3. komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage 2017, ISBN 978-3-85869-421-8. CHF 39.--. Das Buch kann direkt bei der Walservereinigung Graubünden oder über den Buchhandel bezogen werden.

Equipment

Bergschuhe, Tagesrucksack

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Difficulty

moderate

Distance

12.3 km

Duration

4:00h

Ascent

110 m

Descent

1,290 m

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