Date: May 21, 2016
Location: Graubünden, Switzerland
I was in Zurich for work and had a weekend on my hands. What better way to spend it than hiking!
It was a sunny Saturday when I caught the train from Zurich HB for Chur, the capital city of the canton of Graubünden, with the intent of doing a short hike in the Swiss Rhine Gorge, or Ruinaulta. Getting there 1.5 hours later, I first took the RHB train to Reichenau-Tamins where I wanted to check out the confluence of the Vorderrhein and the Hinterrhein, which is a short walk from the station. I got a few decent photographs but otherwise, it is not particularly outstanding.
Walking back to the station, I caught the next train to the tiny station of Versam-Safien where I started out on a short hike along the Gorge on the Trans-Ruinaulta trail.
I stopped for lunch at a spot with a trailside bench and with a sign marked 'Schwarzes Lech'. The view from here was gorgeous!
From Valendas-Sagogn, I took the next train to Ilanz, where I got a train back to Chur, and thence to Zurich.
Location: Graubünden, Switzerland
I was in Zurich for work and had a weekend on my hands. What better way to spend it than hiking!
It was a sunny Saturday when I caught the train from Zurich HB for Chur, the capital city of the canton of Graubünden, with the intent of doing a short hike in the Swiss Rhine Gorge, or Ruinaulta. Getting there 1.5 hours later, I first took the RHB train to Reichenau-Tamins where I wanted to check out the confluence of the Vorderrhein and the Hinterrhein, which is a short walk from the station. I got a few decent photographs but otherwise, it is not particularly outstanding.
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| Confluence of the Vorderrhein and the Hinterrhein |
Walking back to the station, I caught the next train to the tiny station of Versam-Safien where I started out on a short hike along the Gorge on the Trans-Ruinaulta trail.
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| The train that brought me to Versam-Safien |
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| Heading out from the station... |
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| I am guessing these are remnants of the Flims rockslide that occurred 10K years ago |
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| Cavernous holes in the Gorge walls |
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| View from the trail |
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| Close-up of the peaks |
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| Rafters! |
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| Interesting formations on Gorge wall |
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| More interesting rock formations |
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| Trans Ruinalta Trail Sign |
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| Gorgeous view of meadows and river from Schwarzes Lech |
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| The track and the river are constant companions |
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| Wildflowers all over! |
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| Wildflowers in close-up |
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| Down to the riverbed |
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| Trail signage |
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| The water was quite clear and the rocks on the bed made for a pretty sight |
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| Approaching the Valendas-Sagogn station... |
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| The endpoint of my hike |
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