Samedan Camping - Val Champagna - Muottas Muragl - Samedan Camping
Mountain Hike
· Engadin St. Moritz
The steep ascent is rewarded by the natural beauty of the Lej Muragl and the view of the Upper Engadin.
moderate
Distance 13.8 km
The tour starts at the car park of the camping site at the end of the airfield and leads up into the Val Champagna on the right at Gravatscha lake. The Val Champagna is probably one of the least frequented valleys in the Upper Engadin. Along the Ova da Val Champagna, the trail begins with a steep ascent. Over a distance of 5.6 km, you have to climb 1100 metres in one stretch to the highest point. Passing the water intake of the Val Champagna small power station, you slowly leave the forest and soon reach the Chamanna Val Champagna, where the gradient decreases somewhat for a short time. The trail first leads through a somewhat marshy area, only to become steeper and more demanding again towards the top. The last ramp before you reach the Fuorcla then becomes stony and demands what seem to be the last reserves. As soon as you reach the Fuorcla, you can see Lej Muragl on the other side, a beautiful mountain lake that lies slightly below the route. On the high trail, where in winter the popular Philosophers' Path is laid out, the route descends gently to Muottas Muragl with a fantastic view. Past the Muottas Muragl mountain hotel, the steep descent begins, back to the camping site.
More information
Engadin Tourismus AG
Via Maistra 1
CH-7500 St. Moritz
Phone: +41 81 830 00 01
E-mail: allegra@engadin.ch
Internet: www.engadin.ch
Author’s recommendation
If you don't have that much stamina yet, you can also take the the Muottas Muragl cable car up and hike out the Val Champagna.

Author
Engadin St. Moritz
Update: July 18, 2023
Difficulty
moderate
Technique
Stamina
Experience
Landscape
Highest point
2,819 m
Lowest point
1,698 m
Best time of year
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Track types
Asphalt
0.4 km
Forested/wild trail
2.4 km
Path
10.9 km
Start
Samedan, Camping Gravatscha (1,701 m)
Coordinates:
SwissGrid
2'788'192E 1'157'488N
DD
46.542197, 9.892476
DMS
46°32'31.9"N 9°53'32.9"E
UTM
32T 568428 5154679
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Destination
Samedan, Camping Gravatscha
Turn-by-turn directions
Samedan, Camping Gravatscha - Lej Gravatscha - Val Champagna - Fuorcla Val Champagna - Muottas Muragl - Lej Gravatscha - Samedan, Camping Gravatscha
Note
Wildlife refuge Muottas, Val Champagna, Tschainas: December 20 - April 30
all notes on protected areas
Coordinates
SwissGrid
2'788'192E 1'157'488N
DD
46.542197, 9.892476
DMS
46°32'31.9"N 9°53'32.9"E
UTM
32T 568428 5154679
w3w
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Difficulty
moderate
Distance
13.8 km
Duration
5:35 h
Ascent
1,123 m
Descent
1,123 m
Highest point
2,819 m
Lowest point
1,698 m
Weather at the route's trailhead
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Maps and trails
- 6 Waypoints
- 6 Waypoints
Distance
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Duration
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Ascent
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Descent
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Highest point
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Lowest point
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