Walk 8025 - Morterasch - Boval Hütte - Morterasch

      
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A walk into the mountains that includes excellent views of glaciers and the mountain range that includes Piz Bernina, which is the only 4000+ metre peak in Graubünden.

      
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Start & End - Morterasch station on the Bernina Railway. Trains operate from Pontresina to Alp Grüm with connections from other parts of the Engadine. See Transport Map for the Upper Engadine Region.

Leave the railway station and take the broad track that goes south towards the foot of the Morterasch Glacier. Look out for a wooden sign on your right that directs you to the Boval Hütte and take this narrower path that leads into forrest.

The path begins to climb through the trees to reach a path juntion where you keep left. The views improve as the trees become more widley spaced with the foot of the Morterasch Glacier down to your left.

Ahead a wonderful mountain vista helps you forget the climb. Some sections of the path follow the morraine but the policy appears to be diverting walkers to a parallel path off the morraine. After a steady climb you begin to gain height more quickly with the path zigzagging up the mountainside with some fixed cables in exposed sections.

Levelling off again you might think the Boval Hütte is close but sadly there is one final section of steep ascent up to the hut, which offers a breathtaking panoramic view of mountains and glaciers.

A leisurely stay is recommended before returning by the outward route back to Morterasch station.

Suggested Maps

	Landeskarte der Schweiz - 1:50000 - Sheet SW 5013 - Oberengadin - Engiadin'Ota
	Landeskarte der Schweiz - 1:25000 - Sheet SW 2521 - Engadin
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