Glarina-Trail 417

The Outdoor Fitness Trails in the Heidiland holiday region comprise over 30 uniformly signposted running routes from a total of 10 stations, making it one of the largest open-air fitness parks in the Alpine region. The Glarina trail is one of three running trails around the Valens station.

The starting point for this 6.7 km long trail is the Infopoint of the Valens station at the post bus station of the Valens Clinic (915 m above sea level). M). All three trails first lead past the school, mini golf course, church and shop, up to the road that leads to Vasön. On this road you leave the village behind and on a wooden pavement you go in the direction of the Tschennerbrücke (933). After crossing the imposing, almost 150-metre-long and 100-metre-high bridge, the trail leads past the hamlet of Tschenner (950) on a gentle incline through a forest. From here you continue on the road with little traffic to the idyllic village of Vasön (928) with its beautifully decorated gardens and wooden houses. Shortly after leaving the village, the trail turns left onto the hiking trail, which leads through mixed forests and past meadows and pastures down towards Neugüetli (800). The longer the descent takes, the narrower and less well-developed the hiking trail becomes. Once at the bottom of the valley, the short but fierce ascent to the Glarina plain (870) begins. Once there, you will be rewarded with a beautiful view of Valens and the surrounding mountains. The last section back to the village leads first across the middle of a meadow and then on the wide and well-developed agricultural road past the village church back to the info point.