Kuhgrat

Summit cross on the Kuegrat

The Kuegrat is a 2,123 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Principality of Liechtenstein. The highest peak in the Three Sisters chain, which is located in the extreme northwest of the Rätikon, a mountain range of the Western Central Alps.

Location

On the border of Liechtenstein Schaan communities and planks on the western edge of the Planken Garselli. Southwest of the Garsellikopf 2105 m and 1983 m northeast of the Gafleispitze. The summit cross was erected in 1983 by the rovers from Schaan.

Notable peaks of the environment (distance, direction )

Garsellikopf 2105 m (514 m, 34 ° )
Three Sisters 2052 m (1450 m, 46.7 ° )
Galinakopf 2198 m ( 4830 m, 108.8 ° )
Alpspitz 1997 m (2050 m, 193 ° )
Gafleispitze 1983 m (961 m, 206 ° )
Alvier 2343 m ( 12750 m, 238.8 ° )

Rise

The summit can be reached without any particular difficulty in hiking and mountain trails. Exceeding the Three Sisters chain gives the Kuegratgipfel most visitors.

Of Gaflei via Fürstensteig, Gafleisattel and Gafleispitze
Of Gaflei via Alp Bargälla, Chemmi, Gafleisattel and Gafleispitze
Of planks to Gafadurahütte and further via Three Sisters rising over the Three Sisters and the Garsellikopf
(rarely done ) of Schaan via Alpila Hut

Sources and maps

Braendle, Hermann: Rätikon Reader. Hiking in the Rätikon. Bucher Hohenems Verlag Wien, 2009, ISBN 978-3902679154.
Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Touring / Grison Alps, publisher of the SAC 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0 page 495
Rudolf Mayerhofer: Alpine Club leaders Rätikon, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-37633-1098-2 page 140
Map of Switzerland 1:25,000, sheet 1136 Three Sisters

Drei Schwestern National Maps of Switzerland

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