Morteratsch (SwitzerlandMobility route 314)

Logo Morteratsch (SwitzerlandMobility route 314)
Logo Morteratsch (SwitzerlandMobility route 314)
Tour data
5.98km
1,897 - 2,025m
Distance
113hm
117hm
Ascent
02:00h
 
Duration
Brief description

A short trail through thousands of years of the Earth’s history. The Morteratsch Glacier Trail takes hikers along an easy path directly to the glacier tongue of the third longest glacier in the eastern Alps. An educational trail provides information on this receding glacier.

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Starting point

Morteratsch railway station

Route
Morteratsch
Morteratsch
5.8 km


Best season
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Description
The starting point is at the railway station and Hotel Morteratsch. It takes around fifty minutes along a good dirt track to reach the milky glacial lake and the huge glacial tongue, with the stunning Bernina Range always in sight.

16 stops along the Glacier Trail provide information on how the glacier is slowly receding and the mysterious life that exists in the glacier foreland.
A children's booklet entitled Sabis grosser Traum (Sabi’s Big Dream) is available for children aged five to twelve so they can follow the story of the children’s book once they are in this unique glacier scenery. The paper chase gives children an opportunity to play outdoors with natural elements, in nature itself.

 

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


winter hiking trail report: www.engadin.ch/en/slopes-tracks/winter-hiking-trails/

Directions

Morteratsch railway station - Morteratsch glacier 

Highest point
2,025 m
Endpoint

Morteratsch railway station

Height profile
© outdooractive.com

Public transportation

Take the train to Morteratsch railway station

Parking

Parking spaces are at the Morteratsch railway station


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