Plessur Alps

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The Plessuralpen (also Plessur Alps) are a mountain range in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The highest peak is the Arosa Rothorn ( 2,980 m above sea level. M. ).

The mountain range is separated by the Plessur into two parts. In the midst of the mountains, the spa Arosa lies with the Welschtobel and the valleys Schanfigg, Urdental, Fondei and Sapün, from outside the resorts such as Klosters, Davos and Lenzerheide.

Location

The Plessurgebirge is assigned to the western Eastern Alps and bordering a central location directly at the western Alps. After the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE ), the group will be limited as follows:

• In the north- west of the Rhine. This is the limit of AVE - classification of the Eastern Alps. On the other side stands the Calandastock the Glarus Alps
• The Rätikon in the northeast of Prättigau (country quart) forms the border
• From Klosters to Davos borders a small piece of the Silvretta
• In the southeast, the group of the Albula Alps is separated by the passage of water and land to the Albula Tiefencastel
• In the southwest of the Above Steiner Alps by Albula and rear Rhine

The name goes back to the Swiss geologist Bernhard Studer, who described it as " almost pre-Alpine Division " within the Rhaetian Alps.

Outline and important peaks

The Plessuralpen comprise several chains:

• The Parpaner-Rothorn/Lenzerhorn-Kette: Here, the highest mountains in the group, next to the Arosa Rothorn are still the Erzhorn ( 2,924 m), and the Lenzerheide Parpan Rothorn. The latter is just as elbow macaroni, Weissflue and White Horn served by a gondola.
• Stätzerhorn the chain with the Stätzerhorn ( 2,574 m) the highest point
• The Hochwangkette ( Hochwang 2'534 m)
• The Weissfluegruppe with the Weissflue ( 2,844 m)
• The White Horn Necklace with White Horn ( 2,653 m)
• The long-drawn Strelakette with the Guggernellgrat ( 2'810 m), the highest summit. Your gray for coloring the north-western series this mountain range is called together with the line - Schafrügg Erzhorn as Aroser Dolomites and is constructed from imposing scree.

Landscape

In the midst of Plessurgebirges springs the eponymous Plessur, which then winds through the Schanfigg and flows into the Rhine at Churchill.

Pictures

The Arosa Rothorn, the highest mountain in the Alps Plessur

The Welschtobel seen, direction Fondei and Sapün

Geologic contrasts with a view to Parpaner White Horn and Tschirpen

The Parpaner Black Horn

View from the Hörnlihütte to Urdenfürggli

The May Furgga

On the Sandhubel, look for Altein Tiefenberg