Trekking in the Silvretta and Ratikon Alps

Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press appeared in 1978; he has since produced 27 titles for Cicerone, with others being researched. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside remains undiminished, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures.

Introduction

The Silvretta and Rätikon Alps
Trek Outlines
When to Go
Getting There
Accommodation
Notes for Walkers
Clothing and Equipment
Recommended Maps
Safety in the Mountains
Wildlife and Alpine Flowers
Using the Guide
Information at a Glance

The Treks

Trek 1: A Tour of the Silvretta Alps

Prelude: Klosters Platz to Berghaus Vereina
Stage 1: Berghaus Vereina to Lavin
Stage 2: Lavin to Chamanna Tuoi
Stage 3: Chamanna Tuoi to the Jamtal Hut
Stage 4: Jamtal Hut to the Wiesbadener Hut
Stage 4a: Jamtal Hut to the Bielerhöhe
Stage 5: Wiesbadener Hut (or Bielerhöhe) to the Tübinger Hut
Stage 6: Tübinger Hut to Klosters Platz
Stage 6a: Tübinger Hut to Schlappin
Stage 6b: Schlappin to Klosters Dorf

Trek 2: The Prättigauer Höhenweg

Stage 1: Klosters Platz to Schlappin
Stage 2: Schlappin to St Antönien
Stage 3: St Antönien to the Carschina Hut
Stage 4: Carschina Hut to the Schesaplana Hut
Stage 5: Carschina Hut to Seewis

Trek 3: The Rätikon Höhenweg

Stage 1: St Antönien to the Carschina Hut
Stage 2: Carschina Hut to the Schesaplana Hut
Stage 3: Schesaplana Hut to Nenzinger Himmel
Stage 4: Nenzinger Himmel to the Douglass Hut
Stage 5: Douglass Hut to the Lindauer Hut
Stage 6: Lindauer Hut to the Tilisuna Hut
Stage 7: Tilisuna Hut to St Antönien

Hut to Hut

Route 1: Wiesbadener Hut - Rote Furka - Silvretta Hut
Route 2: Wiesbadener Hut - Litzner Sattel - Saarbrucker Hut
Route 3: Saarbrucker Hut - Schweizerlücke - Plattenjoch - Seetal Hut
Route 4: Schlappin - Schlappiner Joch - Gargellen
Route 5: St Antönien - Tilisunafürggli - Tilisuna Hut
Route 6: Tilisuna Hut - Plasseggenpass - Sarotla Joch - Gargellen
Route 7: Tilisuna Hut - Tilisunafürggli - Carschina Hut
Route 8: Carschina Hut - Drusator - Lindauer Hut
Route 9: Douglass Hut - Lünerkrinne - Heinrich-Hueter Hut
Route 10: Douglass Hut - Cavelljoch - Schesaplana Hut
Route 11: Douglass Hut - Totalp Hut
Route 12 Totalp Hut - Gamsluggen - Schesaplana Hut

The Huts

Appendix A Useful Contacts
Appendix B Language Notes and lossary
Appendix C Further Reading

Index