Ken Baldry's Alpine PagesWalks near Pontresina 1805m - page 3 Poschiavo & Muottas Muragl |
Saturday 14th July 1984 This was supposed to be an even easier day but it was even hotter & about 15 miles. We got the train to Bernina Suot & walked up to the top lake & down to Poschiavo. We started at Bernina Suot so we would have walked all the way over the pass. Round the top lake was a nasty bit of icy snow where we took more than extra care. Then from the dam, the scenery changes as the Val di Pila is a deep cut gorge.
Across Lago Bianco
I did not know about the Alp Grüm but it is a splendid viewpoint, with below, a view of a flat filled glacier lake hanging valley with the hamlet of Cavaglia in it & down the main valley, a lake & the vague slopes of Mountains in Italy. To the right is a magnificent view up the Palu Glacier (or Vadret round here) with Piz Cambrena dominating the scene. We walked down quite well-maintained paths to Cavaglia then past a gorge where the stream has cut the rock like glacier mills. This comes out 1500 feet above the main valley & the path makes its way down through woods & alps with a lot of flowers.
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Sunday 3rd July 2011 I had walked up the Val Roseg in the morning & went to Punt Muragl with my 'bus pass' & up the funicular to Muottas Muragl. I had a fleischkäse for lunch, a sort of spam, served thick. It takes 2 hours 45 minutes to go round the Panorama Walk to the chairlift up to Alpe Languard. The path drops into a side valley & goes up a bit on the other side. Apart from a bit of a pull up towards the chairlift station, there is not much up & down & the path is definitely, 'a nice afternoon for a lady' & many eldery ladies were doing it. While the splendid views of the lakes & the Val roseg can just be had from the funicular station, to get the views of Piz Palu, you have to do the walk!
Muottas Muragl funicular top station |
The lakes & St Moritz from Muottas Muragl |
From Muottas Muragl |
Excellently maintained path |
Val Roseg |
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Piz Palu & the Bellavista |
Alp Languard chairlift station |
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