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Events Signposted snowshoe trail: Camana - Safien Platz
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This delightful snowshoe trail leads past idyllic hamlets and the Camaner huts, which stand lined up like a silver thread. The view repeatedly drifts into the distance: to the striking summit Piz Beverin, the Bruschghorn, the Glaspass and all the way back into the Safien valley. The trail is open.
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Description
The signposted snowshoe trail starts at Camana junction. First, you follow about 50 meters on the road towards Camana, then turn left into the forest. The trail winds pleasantly uphill through the forest. Soon you leave the forest and hike over wide slopes up to Innercamana. From there the trail leads in broad loops up to the impressive Camaner huts. As witnesses of Walser alpine farming, they stand lined up like a silver thread in a row. Walking from hut to hut, you enjoy a beautiful view of Piz Beverin, the Bruschghorn, and the Glaspass. Until about 1875, the Glaspass was one of the most important connections from Safiental to neighboring valleys.
Almost at the end of the Camaner huts begins the relatively steep descent to Camanaboda. Just like Innercamana, Camanaboda is a typical hamlet with sunburnt houses as found in Walser scattered settlements. Since agriculture has changed considerably, you also find new, large stable buildings. Earlier, the Walsers moved with their animals from stable to stable and were each only for a short period with their livestock near the residential building. In Camanaboda, a visit to the Safier Heimatmuseum is worthwhile. There you learn impressively how people lived and worked earlier. At the Hotel Camana, you can refresh yourself with homemade delicacies before the final descent to the Mura post bus stop. The descent begins with a road section before the trail on snowshoes continues again and is partly steep.
Hidden Gem
Hotel and little restaurant Camana
Gasthaus Rathaus, Safien Platz
Self-service shop Spensa for Safiental products, Safien Platz
Safety Note
This snowshoe tour is marked in the terrain with pink posts but not tracked. There are some steeper slopes. In case of high avalanche danger, tours in unsecured terrain should generally be avoided.
On WhiteRisk you can find out more about current avalanche danger.
Carrying complete safety equipment, including an avalanche transceiver (LVS), is necessary on this route.
For carefree enjoyment, we recommend our mountain guides and snowshoe guides.
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For us humans, winter is a wonderful time! Deeply snow-covered landscapes, clear, pure air, and in the evening after the snowshoe tour a warm, cozy home awaits. But for our wildlife like roe deer, deer, and chamois, winter is a hard time! Every disturbance by us humans, every flight, becomes an ordeal for these animals and depletes their reserves. Stay on the published route! This way the wildlife and quiet zones are protected. www.map.geo.gr.ch/gr_webmaps/wsgi/theme/Wildruhezonen
Equipment
Well-functioning snowshoes, poles with winter discs, good footwear, winter-appropriate clothing. The wind can significantly lower the perceived temperature in winter: don’t forget winter gloves, hat, thermos flask, etc.
Carrying complete safety equipment, including an avalanche transceiver (LVS), is necessary on this route.
Snowshoe equipment can be rented at the Gasslihof in Thalkirch.
Directions
Camana junction - Innercamana - Camaner huts - Camanaboda - Hof - Safien Platz
Directions
Public Transport
Arrival by post bus from Versam-Safien station (connection to the Rhaetian Railway line Chur - Ilanz - Disentis) to Camana junction, return from Safien Platz
Travel Information
Arrival at Versam and further to Safien Platz. Park here and take the post bus towards Thalkirch to Camana junction.
Parking
Few parking spaces at the Safiental municipal administration, Safien Platz.
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