Muottas Muragl - Alp Languard

A beautiful high-altitude trail with ascent and descent assistance High-altitude trails with a view of the glacier – in Segantini's footsteps Hike Duration 4-5 hours Season: June-October Jun-Oct Hiking trail - hiking trail 100% difficulty - medium Altitude difference - medium Frequency - medium Accommodation - Serviced hut Other - Suitable for children »Legend This is really a panoramic hike at its best! The venerable, formerly steepest funicular takes us into the alpine world of Muottas Muragl. On a beautifully built path we climb up to the Segantini hut, where the famous painter died in 1899, but which today entertains us pleasantly and with a view. Always in the face of the varnishing glaciers around the four-thousand-metre "Piz Bernina" with its razor-sharp Bianco ridge, we cross the slopes of the Schafberg, descend to Alp Languard and float back down into the valley on the chairlift between the larches. With every step, the view becomes magnificent glacier panorama at its finest. Glacier panorama at its best. Glacier panorama at its best. From the Punt Muragl valley station, we take the nostalgic funicular comfortably up to the alpine world of Muottas Muragl (magnificent view, hotel, panorama restaurant, large children's playground). Our onward path first leads us on an unmistakable path slightly downhill into the valley floor of Val Muragl (a good 30 minutes). After the bridge over the stream, the path splits: we choose the "Climate Trail", which leads us steeply up the slope in many hairpin bends. The path is excellently built with stone slabs and gives exciting information about global warming. Higher it runs out of the slope into the flank of the Schafberg "Munt da la Bes-cha"; with every step the view becomes more magnificent: St. Moritz far below us and the dark blue mirrors of the Upper Engadine lakes, opposite the long Val Roseg with the meandering stream and the poisonous green glacier edge lake at the bottom of the valley and in front of us the magnificent glacier crown of Piz Palü and Piz Bernina. After a good hour of ascent, the Segantini Hut is reached and the rest on the panoramic terraces is well deserved. The route continues almost horizontally on the "Steinbockweg" through the venerable, stone-layered avalanche barriers, which show interesting stone patterns and protect Pontresina, which lies deep below us. After a good half hour, the path splits: we could continue horizontally on the Steinbockweg and climb the Piz Languard (-> variant). But today we prefer to descend to the right through the slopes to Alp Languard. The path is sometimes steep and slightly exposed in places, but there it is reliably secured with wire ropes. Here it is iron protective structures that prevent the snow from slipping; they are not pretty, but the rich flora and the undiminished magnificent glacier scenery compensate us richly. Then Alp Languard is reached; the restaurant invites you to stop for a bite to eat and often offers appealing attractions. Finally, the chairlift takes us through soft-nailed larch trees down to Pontresina. Variant 1 The path can also be walked in the opposite direction. Option 2 (only for trained mountaineers; plus 3 hours) Half an hour after the Segantini Hut, do not descend to the right to Alp Languard, but continue straight ahead in altitude on the Steinbockweg and climb Piz Languard (3262 m/m). The steep and strenuous ascent is rewarded by a great summit experience! Descend along the same path into Val Languard and through it to Alp Languard. Excursus: Giovanni Segantini Beautifully built ascent path. Nicely built climb trail. Nicely built climb trail. Giovanni Segantini (1858 – 1899), what a dramatic biography! Growing up almost neglected after the early death of his mother and father, a clergyman finally recognizes the young man's great talent for drawing and encourages him. As a stateless "sans papiers", the 19-year-old takes the 17-year-old "Bice" as his wife and fathers 4 children with her. Cometary fame: his paintings win gold medals in droves. When he has found both his light and his abode in Maloja and is working on the large triptych "Becoming – Being – Passing Away", he chooses the landscape on the Schafberg above Pontresina as a background for the middle one and works on the studies for it at a lonely height. Then the 41-year-old is hit by peritonitis and kills him within a few days, despite the presence of Bice, his son Mario and the doctor. Useful hints and information: - Bergbahnen ENGADIN St. Moritz, Tel. +41 818 300-000; Round trip ticket Muottas Muragl - Alp Languard available www.bergbahnenengadin.ch/ - Links to Giovanni Segantini - www.segantini-museum.ch/ - de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Segantini - www.segantini.com/ maps: - Brochure map C - Muottas Muragl - Alp Languard - Diavolezza; is available at the information points and at the valley stations of the mountain railways - LK der Schweiz 1:50000, Julier Pass Arrival: - private/public transport (Rhaetian Railway, local bus Upper Engadine) to Punt Muragl (on the Samedan - Pontresina route). - For the return, a local bus runs from Post Pontresina to Punt Muragl. Accommodation: - Hotels of all price ranges in the Upper Engadine, youth hostel in Pontresina. - Hotel on Muottas Muragl Refreshments / Catering: - Muottas Muragl - Segantini Hut (only in good weather) Tel. 079 681 35 37 - Alp Languard Other: The Schafberg "Munt da la Bes-cha", what a magnificent viewpoint! In the face of the glaciated Bernina massif, the Segantini Hut is the highlight of this excellent hike, high above the dark blue mirrors of the Upper Engadine lakes. The ascent trail focuses on global warming with 15 information boards, while the high-altitude trail bears the name "Steinbockweg" because the oldest and largest ibex colony in Switzerland settles in the summit regions of Piz Languard and Piz Albris. The Segantini Hut offers an abundance of great vantage points in front of, next to and above it and provides welcome food and drink. Safety instructions: Only walk in dry weather, not in ice and snow!