Kev Reynolds 
Walking in the Engadine – Switzerland [PDF ebook] 
Bernina, Engadine valley and Swiss National Park

Walking in the Engadine contains detailed route descriptions for 100 day walk routes that vary from 4 to 16km long in length. The routes cover a variety of terrain from luscious meadows and craggy mountains to glaciers and snowpeaks. Most of the walks described in this guidebook have been chosen with a particular viewpoint, lake, alp hamlet, hut or pass as the destination, while the principal objective of each walk is to enjoy a day’s exercise among stimulating scenery.
There’s something for every walker’s taste: gentle valley rambles for a family outing; craggy mid-mountain walks for the more adventurous; high-level routes that lead across glacier, snowfield and rugged passes for the experienced mountain trekker.
Tucked away in the south-east corner of Switzerland, the Engadine is a region of lakes and mountains, home of the country’s only national park, guardian of the Romansch language and location for some of the most sublime villages in all the Alps.

Table des matières

Map key
Overview map
Preface
Mountain safety

Introduction
Getting there
Travel within Switzerland
Accommodation
Weather
Languages spoken
Notes for walkers
Safety checklist
Suggested equipment list
Recommended maps
Using the guide
Grading of walks
Information at a glance

Val Bregaglia
Route 1 Maloja – Lgh da Cavloc (Cavolocciosee) – Maloja
Route 2 Maloja – Lgh da Cavloc – Passo del Muretto
Route 3 Maloja – Capanna del Forno
Route 4 Maloja – Pass Lunghin – Septimer Pass – Casaccia
Route 5 Casaccia – Septimer Pass – Bivio
Route 6 Casaccia – Septimer Pass – Forcellina Pass – Juf
Route 7 Casaccia – Val Maroz – Val da Cam – Soglio
Route 8 Casaccia – Val Maroz – Val da la Duana – ?Pass da la Duana – Soglio
Route 9 Casaccia – Roticcio – Durbegia – Soglio
Route 10 Casaccia – Barga – Val Furcela – Maroz Dent – Casaccia
Route 11 Vicosoprano – Borgonovo – Stampa
Route 12 Stampa – Coltura – Soglio
Route 13 Soglio – Tombal
Route 14 Soglio – Parlongh – Muntac – Coltura – Stampa
Route 15 Promontogno – Val Bondasca – Capanna di Sciora
Route 16 Promontogno – Capanna Sasc Fur
Route 17 Capanna Sasc Fur – Colle Vial – Capanna di Sciora
Route 18 Promontogno – Capanna Sasc Fur – Colle Vial – ?Capanna di Sciora – Promontogno
Route 19 Capanna di Sciora – South Cacciabella Pass – ?Capanna da l’Albigna
Route 20 Pranzaira – Capanna da l’Albigna
Route 21 Vicosoprano – Capanna da l’Albigna
Route 22 Capanna da l’Albigna – South Casnil Pass – Capanna del Forno
Route 23 A Bregaglia Circuit

Upper Engadine

Upper Engadine – Lakes Region
Route 24 Maloja – Isola – Sils Maria
Route 25 A Circuit of the Silsersee (Lej da Segl)
Route 26 Maloja – Piz de la Margna
Route 27 Maloja – Piz Lunghin
Route 28 Plaun da Lej – Grevasalvas – Blaunca – Maloja
Route 29 Maloja (Cadlgh) – Splga – Blaunca – Grevasalvas – ?Plaun da Lej
Route 30 Plaun da Lej – Fuorcla Grevasalvas – La Veduta (Julier Pass)
Route 31 Sils Maria – Val Fex – Plaun Vadret
Route 32 Sils Maria – Curtins – Marmorè – Sils Maria
Route 33 Sils Maria – Chastè – Sils Baselgia
Route 34 Sils Maria – Crap da Sass – Silvaplana
Route 35 Sils Maria (Furtschellas) – Lej da la Fuorcla – Hahnensee ?(Lej dals Chds) – St Moritz-Bad
Route 36 Surlej (Murtèl) – Fuorcla Surlej – Pontresina
Route 37 Surlej (Murtèl) – Fuorcla Surlej – Coaz Hut
Route 38 Silvaplana – Lej da la Tscheppa – Silvaplana
Route 39 Silvaplana – Lej Marsch – Lej Nair – Silvaplana
Route 40 St Moritz (Signal) – Alp Suvretta – Julier Pass road – ?Crevasalvas – Maloja
Route 41 St Moritz (Signal) – Alp Suvretta – Pass Suvretta – ?Val Bever – Bever
Route 42 St Moritz-Bad – Piz da l’Ova-Cotschna

Upper Engadine – Val Bernina
Route 43 Muottas Muragl – Lej Muragl – Punt Muragl
Route 44 Muottas Muragl – Fuorcla Val Champagna – Samedan
Route 45 Muottas Muragl – Fuorcla Muragl – Val Prna – ?Val Chamuera – La Punt
Route 46 Muottas Muragl – Unterer Schafberg – Pontresina
Route 47 Muottas Muragl – Chamanna Segantini – Alp Languard – ?Pontresina
Route 48 Pontresina – Hotel Roseggletscher
Route 49 Pontresina – Hotel Roseggletscher – Fuorcla Surlej
Route 50 Pontresina – Tschierva Hut (Chamanna da Tschierva)
Route 51 Pontresina (1805) – Lej da Vadret
Route 52 Pontresina – Coaz Hut (Chamanna Coaz)
Route 53 Pontresina – Alp Ota – Coaz Hut
Route 54 Coaz Hut – Lej da Vadret – Pontresina
Route 55 Pontresina – Piz Languard
Route 56 Pontresina – Crasta Languard – Fuorcla Pischa – ?Val da Fain – Bernina Suot
Route 57 Pontresina (Alp Languard) – Chamanna Paradis
Route 58 Pontresina – Morteratsch – Boval Hut (Chamanna da Boval)
Route 59 Bernina Suot – Berghaus Diavolezza
Route 60 Berghaus Diavolezza – Munt Pers
Route 61 Berghaus Diavolezza – Boval Hut (Chamanna da Boval) – Morteratsch

Upper Engadine – Northern Region
Route 62 Bever – Val Bever – Jenatsch Hut (Chamanna Jenatsch)
Route 63 Bever – Val Bever – Fuorcla Crap Alv – Albula Pass – La Punt
Route 64 La Punt – Albula Pass – Bergn
Route 65 La Punt – Val Chamuera – Serlas
Route 66 La Punt – Zuoz – Chapella – Cinuos-chel
Route 67 Madulain – Es-cha Hut (Chamanna d’Es-cha) – Madulain
Route 68 Zuoz – Chamues-ch – Punt Muragl
Route 69 S-chanf – Varusch Hut (Chamanna dal Parc Varusch)
Route 70 S-chanf (Prasras) – Alp Chaschauna – Pass Chaschauna
Route 71 Cinuos-chel – Susauna – Alp Funtauna
Route 72 Cinuous-chel – Alp Funtauna – Lai da Ravais-ch-Suot
Route 73 Cinuos-chel – Alp Funtauna – Kesch Hut ?(Chamanna digl Kesch)

Lower Engadine

Lower Engadine – The National Park
Route 74 Varusch Hut (Chamanna dal Parc Varusch) – Alp Trupchun
Route 75 Varusch Hut – Fuorcla Val Sassa – Blockhaus Cluozza
Route 76 Zernez – Blockhaus Cluozza (Chamanna Cluozza)
Route 77 Vallun Chafuol – Murter – Blockhaus Cluozza ?(Chamanna Cluozza)
Route 78 Blockhaus Cluozza (Chamanna Cluozza) – Piz Quattervals
Route 79 Blockhaus Cluozza (Chamanna Cluozza) – Murter – ?Punt Periv – Hotel Il Fuorn
Route 80 Ova Spin (Parkplatz no:1) – Alp Grimmels – Ova Spin
Route 81 Ova Spin (Parkplatz no:1) – Champlnch – Il Fuorn
Route 82 Il Fuorn – Fuorcla Val dal Botsch – Sur il Foss – S-charl
Route 83 S-charl (Mingèrbrcke) – Val Mingèr – Sur il Foss
Route 84 A Traverse of the National Park
Route 85 Lavin – Lai da la Mezza Glna – Fuorcletta da Barcli – Zernez

Lower Engadine – Northeastern Region
Route 86 Zernez – Carolina – Cinuos-chel
Route 87 Zernez – Susch – Lavin
Route 88 Zernez – Fuorcla Stragliavita – Alp Sampuoir – Ardez Station
Route 89 Lavin – Linard Hut (Chamanna dal Linard)
Route 90 Lavin – Chamanna Marangun
Route 91 Guarda – Tuoi Hut (Chamanna Tuoi)
Route 92 Guarda – Alp Sura – Lai Blau – Guarda
Route 93 Guarda – Tuoi Hut – Furcletta – Ardez
Route 94 Ardez – Alp Valmala – Ardez
Route 95 Ardez – Chamanna Cler
Route 96 San Jon – Lischana Hut (Chamanna Lischana)
Route 97 S-charl – Alp Sesvenna
Route 98 S-charl – Fuorcla Sesvenna – Sesvenna Hut
Route 99 S-charl – Alp Astras
Route 100 S-charl – Fuorcla Funtana da S-charl – Pt 2535m – Ofenpass

Appendix A Useful addresses
Appendix B Bibliography
Appendix C Glossary
Appendix D Route index

A propos de l’auteur

A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drove Kev’s desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year in various high-mountain regions researching guidebooks made him The Man with the World’s Best Job.

Kev enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone from the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds. ‘A Walk in the Clouds’ is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He was also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide ‘Trekking in the Himalaya’ and Cicerone’s celebratory anniversary compilation ‘Fifty Years of Adventure’.

A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also wrote and illustrated brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lived with his wife in a small cottage among what he called ‘the Kentish Alps’, with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travelled throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he wrote about through a series of lectures.

Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.