Silvretta Alps

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The Silvrettahorn with the Ochsentaler Glacier and Piz Buin

The Silvretta is a mountain range in the central Alps in the Eastern Alps. Proportion Austria have with the federal states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg and Switzerland and the Canton of Grisons. At the top of Dreiländerspitze encounter the regions of Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Grisons together. The Silvretta has many three-thousand. Especially on the north side in Austria and in Switzerland north of Flüelapass there are a variety of large and small glaciers. Therefore, the area is also called the "Blue Silvretta ".

The Silvretta is divided into two parts. The greater part of the territory is located in Switzerland. In contrast, the Austrian part of the more well-known among the mountaineers and tourists part. The highest peaks of the Silvretta, the Piz Linard, is also located in Switzerland. The side with the greatest glaciation, however, lies in Austria. Almost all managed mountain huts focus on the Austrian part, parts of the Swiss side, however, apply as undeveloped.

Adjacent Mountain Ranges

The Silvretta borders the following other mountain groups in the Alps:

  • Rätikon ( in the northwest)
  • Verwallgruppe ( in the north)
  • Samnaun group ( in the east)
  • Sesvennagruppe ( in the south)
  • Albula Alps (southwest )
  • Plessur Alps ( in the west)

Boundary

In the south of the Inn is in the Lower Engadine the limit of Ramosch to Susch. From there, the boundary is in the southwest of Val Susasca to the Flüelapass and Flüelatal down to Davos. The western border runs from Davos Lake Davos to the Wolfgang Pass and over the Lareter Bach to Klosters Platz. Along the Landquart to Klosters Dorf. From there the boundary runs along the Schlappiner Bach's up to Schlappiner yoke. From this yoke of the border went down during the Gargellentals along the Valzifenzer Bach and the Suggadins to the confluence with the River Ill in St. Gallen Kirch. In the north, the boundary runs in the Montafon St. Gallen Kirch gas churn and partenen to Zeinisjoch. From Zeinisjoch it goes down through the Paznaun to Galtür and along the Trisanna to Ischgl. In the east the boundary of Ischgl runs along the Fimberbachs up to Fimberpass and along the Val and Val Sinestra Chöglias to the confluence of the Branclabachs into the Inn.

The Zeinisjoch connects the Silvretta with the Verwall. The Fimberpass provides the connection to the Samnaun group. The Flüelapass and the Wolfgang Pass at Davos connect the Silvretta with the Plessuralpen. The Schlappiner yoke makes the connection with the Rätikon.

An internationally recognized classification of the Alps in subgroups is still not available. The boundary of the Silvretta as well as the definition of the Silvretta as an independent subset of the Alps described below is the view of many mountaineers and tourists from the German-speaking countries ( except Switzerland ), as it has evolved over the course of many decades. In other countries of the Alpine region or outside, as well as other stakeholders partly different divisions of the Alps and the boundaries of sub-groups are also common.

Subgroups

The Alpine Club leader shares the Silvretta mountain range in the first five subgroups West Silvretta, Silvretta means, Ostsilvretta, North Silvretta and Südsilvretta. The border between the Western and Central Silvretta forms the Rotfurka. The boundary between the Central and Ostsilvretta is formed by the Futschöl pass. The boundary between the center and the north the Silvretta Silvretta forms the Bielerhoehe. The boundary between the center and the Silvretta Südsilvretta forms the Verstanklator.

The West Silvretta is divided into the following subgroups further:

  • Home Spitz Valisera Group
  • Rotbühlspitzgruppe
  • Garneragruppe
  • Valgraggeskamm
  • Hochmaderergruppe
  • Litzner - horns of the sea Group
  • Fergengruppe

Silvretta means is divided into the following sub- groups further:

  • Group of the Silvretta Horn
  • Buingruppe and Flianakamm
  • Group of Dreiländerspitze with the Cotschen
  • Augstenberggruppe
  • Vermuntkamm

The Ostsilvretta is divided into the following sub-groups further:

  • Escape Horn Group
  • Jamtalkamm
  • Larainkamm
  • Tasnagruppe with the southeastern foothills

The North Silvretta consists of only one sub-group:

  • Vallülagruppe

The Südsilvretta is divided into the following sub-groups further:

  • Verstanklagruppe and Vereinakamm
  • Vernelakamm
  • Flessgruppe
  • Flüela group

Summit

The ten highest peaks of the Silvretta:

In the Silvretta there are over 300 named and provided with spot elevation summit. Among the best known are (in order of height):

Reserves

According to Article 5 of the Federal Law on Nature and Cultural Heritage Protection in Switzerland leads a Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments of National Importance.

In the Silvretta there are currently two of these landscapes:

  • No. 1909 Name: Piz Arina, year of inclusion in the inventory: 1983, Size: 4,936 ha, this area is only a small part in the Silvretta, the greater part is in the neighboring Samnaungruppe.
  • No 1910, title: Silvretta Vereina, year of inclusion in the inventory: 1983, Size: 14,168 ha

Tourism

In the Austrian part of the Silvretta there are the following huts of the German and Austrian Alpine Association:

  • Jamtalhütte in Galtür
  • Madlenerhaus on the Bielerhoehe
  • Saarbrücken hut at partenen
  • Tübingen hut at Gaschurn
  • Wiesbaden hut at the Bielerhoehe
  • Klostertaler environmental Cottage is a self catering cottage in the Kloster / Silvretta

A special feature is the Heidelberger hut near Ischgl dar. As only one of the huts of the German and Austrian Alpine Club ever it is on Swiss soil. The valley town of the cottage lies in Austria.

In the Swiss part of the Silvretta there are the following cottages of the Swiss Alpine Club:

  • Linardhütte at Lavin
  • Fergenhütte near Klosters
  • Seetalhütte near Klosters
  • Silvretta huts near Klosters
  • Tuoihütte ( Chamonna Tuoi ) in Guarda

The cabins are usually open between early July and mid-September. Some cabins have open or accessible with special key winter rooms. It is advisable to check with the Alpine clubs or in the valley villages on the state of the huts as well as catering options.

Fern-/Weitwanderwege

The Via Alpina, a cross-border long-distance trail with five sub- paths through the whole Alps, also passes through the Silvretta.

The Red Trail Via Alpina runs with four stages through the Silvretta as follows:

  • Stage R63 runs from Gargellen to Tübingen hut, Vergaldner yoke.
  • Stage R64 extends from the Tübingen hut to Madlenerhaus on the Bieler height above the Hochmadererjoch.
  • Stage R65 runs from Madlener House Jamtalhütte on the Gletschnerscharte.
  • Stage R66 extends from the Jamtalhütte to Scuol on the Futschöl pass.

Books / Cards

  • Günter Flaig: Silvretta Alpine Club Alpine guides. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-7633-1097-5.
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