Prättigauer Höhenweg – Vilan-Gipfel
Description
The Dolomites begin in Prättigau - that's what you might think if you're on the Prättigau High Trail. To reach the trail, you start in Küblis with the ascent on the road to Pany and finally to St. Antönien. In St. Antönien, you then start the ascent up to Bärgli. Here the route turns into a singletrail to the Carschina hut. Now the Prättigauer Höhenweg is on the program. Technical and tricky, it stretches along the Drusenfluh until just below the Schweizertor. The arduous ascent to Golrosa awaits, here the bike has to be pushed from time to time. The reward follows immediately: the trail to the Schesaplana hut is first-class and forms the ideal end to the first day before spending the night in the mountain hut.
The second day is dominated by the Vilan. Although you could descend directly from the hut to Seewis, the route is not very attractive. The route over the Vilan is more challenging. At the bridge over the Canibach, you push your bike uphill a little until you reach the Jeninser Alp via the Maienfelder Alpen. Now it's time: Shoulder your bike and climb almost 400 meters on foot to the summit. The effort is worth it: the panorama at the summit is stunning. The view extends from the peaks of the Lower Engadin to the Grisons Oberland, the Glarus Alps, the Churfirsten and the Chur Rhine Valley. The descent is tricky at first. The first section of the trail is difficult, but then becomes smoother and smoother, and finally the Fadärastein is a classic and a memorable finish. This version of the Prättigauer Höhenweg finally ends at Landquart station.
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Details of the tour
67 km
2820 m
3105 m
517 above sea level
2344 above sea level
2 days
Küblis
Landquart
1300
not suitable
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User comments (7)
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Ridden on 16.07.2022. Super tour if the conditions are right. Nice weather and above all dry for a few days. And your own abilities should be at S3, so that the 2nd part between Carschinahütte and Schesaplanahütte is also fun. I counted about 40 descents. The reason was mostly a very short, blocked passage. We set off from Küblis, directly on the hiking trail up to Pany. Thanks to the e-bike, you can skip the road and get started on the trails. Then via the original master route to St. Antönien. Here too: this is only fun when it's dry, as it goes through a marshy area. Afterwards, top conditions up to the Carschineahütte. After a refreshment stop, we continued along the high trail. What can I say: up to the ascent after the Schweizertor junction, simply first-class trails, mostly flowing! Top! The subsequent ascent is no problem on an e-bike. Then the path towards Golrosa becomes much more challenging, as it is narrower, shared with cattle, etc.. But here, too, we had fun, especially with the challenge of the rideability. In my opinion, the e-bike has an advantage here too, as you can ride more. From Golrosa, the route continues in a similar way, which was also fun, but very challenging. Beware: in 2-3 places it is very exposed and you only notice it the first time when you are in the middle of it. In the end, we arrived happy at the Schesaplana hut. After taking lots of photos etc. (see Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/gp/norge01/1B4Cx71PZM) and looking for another person, as we found an orphaned, "fresh" rucksack, it took us 4.5 hours to get from the Carschina hut to the Schesaplana hut. After a soup at 17:45 (thanks for the hospitality, although the crew was preparing dinner), we took the road to Seewies and via Fadärastein back to Landquart. We started at 09:15 in Küblis and were back in Landquart at 20:45. All in all, a great experience and highly recommended if you want to do something like this and are sufficiently fit. One more thing about the e-bike: Olaf got through with a 625Wh, I needed 850Wh. The suggestion that this tour is not suitable for e-bikes is not true in my opinion. On the contrary, I would always choose the e-bike. Then have fun in this wonderful region
The reference to e-bike suitability probably refers more to the ascent of the Vilan.
I rode the tour today after a major rain/snowfall the day before. The path to the Carschina hut had only recently been improved and was quite a muddy track, softened by the rain. But should be ok otherwise.
Carschinahütte-Schesaplanahütte: For someone who likes riding alpine trails and doesn't expect a high-altitude trail to go down all the time, the tour is recommended despite the pushing sections. I descended maybe 30-40 times, but certainly not 100 times.
Due to a lack of time, we had to descend quickly from the Schesaplana hut into the valley and were unable to take the route described via the Vilan. Unfortunately, good single trails from the Schesaplana hut are in short supply. The trail through the Valser Tobel can NOT be recommended. According to another comment, the hiking trail from the hut (1802) down to Alt Säss could be worthwhile...
The perceived 100 x descents are probably relatively close to reality, perhaps someone who really knows how to count... And a rough time estimate for the Carschina > Schesaplana section wouldn't be bad either, let's say 3-4 hours.
For a bit more riding fun:
1. from Golrosa over meadows and through mud via Vordersäss and Valarsäge back up to the Schesaplana hut.
2. between Schesaplanahütte and Altsäss at P.1802 on the hiking trail, a very beautiful section.
And don't overlook it, towards the end of the tour you pass *FULLI*!
The scenery is superb!...The trail to the Schesaplana hut is first class.... - Unfortunately, this sentence has to be deleted, as it seems that this part of the trail has been used by thousands of cows and is in correspondingly poor condition. There are also several stone fields of scree slopes, which are very strenuous to cross after the long tour you have already done.
A very scenic tour. Recommended for those who like to push. I descended what felt like 100 times and pushed for long stretches. There are better tours in the region for riding fun.
As far as Golrosa, the route is super beautiful, apart from the one pushing section. From Golrosa to the Schesaplana hut, however, you have to descend, push and climb again countless times. The reason for this is the large boulders, cattle wires and swamps that interrupt the ride. This is much closer to a hike than a bike ride and affects around 1/3 of the entire tour.