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Crown hike: Maighelshütte - Oberalppass (Stage 12)

Closed
Medium
6.8 km
2:30 h
259 mhd
545 mhd
Maighelshütte
Lai Urlaun

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Lai Urlaun gegen Süden mit Piz Borel
The crown of Surselva is an impressive and partly challenging circular hike from hut to hut in Graubünden. It connects the seven mountain huts in the Surselva – the anterior Rhine valley between Flims and the Rhine source at Oberalppass including the valleys Vals, Lumnezia, and Medel.
Technique
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Highest Point  2368 m
Lowest Point  1981 m
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Start
Maighelshütte
Destination
Oberalppass
Coordinates
46.625306, 8.690023

Details

Description

Early in the morning, the sun accompanies along the southeast slopes to Lai da Tuma. Passing streams and mountain lakes, you cross a raised bog and reach the Rhine source after about an hour. There is enough time to enjoy the tranquility at Tomasee. The rear part of the source with its meandering inflows feels like a power place in nature. Strengthened, you leave the source towards Oberalppass. In about 1.5 hours you reach the mountain pass road and the railway line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn.

See also
Surselva Tourism AG
Bahnhofstrasse 25
7130 Ilanz
Tel.: 0041 81 920 11 05
Email: ilanz@surselva.info
Web: www.surselva.info

Hidden Gem

Lai da Tuma (Rhine source)

Safety Note

Warning: Snowfields are possible at high-altitude sections until the summer months.


If weather conditions are uncertain, the route should not be started. Weather changes in the mountains are frequent. If a rain front or similar occurs during the hike, you should turn back in time.

Equipment

Good hiking boots with a good tread, weather-appropriate clothing (rain jacket/sun protection), change of clothes, first aid kit, drinks, food, GPS device, possibly hiking poles.

Directions

Maighelshütte - Tomasee - Oberalppass

Directions

Public Transport

Regular train connections of the Matterhorn-Gotthard railway from Oberalppass towards Andermatt or Disentis / Ilanz

Travel Information

On the mountain pass road up to Oberalppass

Parking

Adequate parking spaces at Oberalppass

Waypoints

Lai Urlaun
Lake Disentis Sedrun
Lai Urlaun
In addition to the Lai Urlaun, there are two other small lakes in Val Maighels.
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Tomasee, Lai da Tuma, Rhein source, Tgina dil Rein
Lake Disentis Sedrun
Source of the Rhine

In the Romance language, it is called Lai da tuma. Or Tgina dil rein, which means cradle of the Rhine.

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