Piz Caschlé

Medium
4.4 km
3:00 h
1071 mhd
0 mhd
Stremhörner vor uns
Start in Rueras

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Val Milar noch im Schatten

A winter summit to discover. (SAC-ZS)

Technique /6
Fitness 3/6
Highest Point  2517 m
Lowest Point  1446 m
Best Season
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Start
Rueras
Destination
Piz Caschlé
Coordinates
46.678328, 8.754816

Details

Description

Our track goes almost straight into Val Milar up to point 1898. Here we climb steep switchbacks to the Alp Caschlé. A legend says that witches transported a flat stone by a spider thread from the opposite Alp Culmatsch to Alp Caschlé and danced on it. But the Hexenplatte / Platta dil Barlot is snow-covered and we see no witches far and wide. Instead, we startled some chamois. Looking north, we see our destination. At the foot of the east ridge a ski depot can be made, but if there is enough snow, the summit is reachable with skis. Because we do not find a summit cross with summit book, we build a small stone man as a sign that we were here. We take our time to identify the mountains: don't Piz Muraun, Cazirauns, and Caschleglia almost look like Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau?


Descent:


Option 1: Back along the ascent route into Val Milar. 


Option 2: Over Stavel da Caschlé to Foppa Verda and along the forest edge (wildlife sanctuary) into Val Milar. Caution due to avalanches, if necessary slip down a bit at the forest edge.

Hidden Gem

Being early on the way is worth it!

Safety Note

In the steep slope at Foppa Verda there is avalanche danger in mid-winter. After an avalanche release the slope is often snow-free. 

Directions

From the parking lot head north into Val Milar up to point 1899. In spring there can be avalanche debris in the valley area. Then steeply right up to Alp Caschlé and in a curve from the south and over the east ridge to the summit. Descent along the ascent route or down to Uaul Flurin.

Directions

Public Transport

By Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn from Chur via Disentis or from Andermatt via Oberalp Pass to Rueras

Travel Information

By car from Chur via Disentis to Rueras. The Oberalp Pass is closed in winter

Parking

Parking lots on the western edge of the village of Rueras 

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