The Flims waterway – Trutg dil Flem

A one-way mountain trip from Flims to the Segneshütte costs 75 CHF per person! – insane. We weren't willing to pay that, so we opted for the bus to Alp Nagens and walked 30 minutes to the Lower Segnesboden (Plaun Segnas Sut). It's a marshy plateau at 2,100 meters above sea level. To this day, constant change remains a constant in the high valley: lakes come and go. Streams change their course, growing larger and shrinking again. From the Lower Segnesboden, you enter the approximately 300-square-kilometer Sardona World Heritage Site, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2008. Nowhere else in Europe are the evidence of Alpine mountain building as clear as here. We walk clockwise around the plateau. The western side is in shade, and there are a few icy patches on the way down to the valley. The valley itself then became quite muddy. With a view of the nine Tschingelhörner peaks, we walked into the valley. These strangely shaped mountains reveal the processes that took place when the Alps formed. The diverse rock histories are clearly visible: below, the younger rock of schistous flysch (approx. 35 to 50 million years old), above, the older, reddish verrucano rock (approx. 260 to 300 million years old). The reason for the different layers is the so-called Glarus Thrust, which occurred around 10 to 20 million years ago. At that time, the older rock layer pushed over the younger one as a result of plate tectonics, which was still below the Earth's surface. The processes of mountain formation are still studied here today. The African plate is still pushing against the Eurasian plate, forming the Alps and compressing Zurich and Milan by one centimeter annually. More information: https://unesco-sardona.ch/verstehen Video: https://youtu.be/aD7u8Ll2P0g Unfortunately, we could only just make out the Martinsloch itself because the angle was wrong. We briefly considered walking up, but we didn't have that much time, so we went straight to the Segnes Sura waterfall – what a spectacle. The Trutg dil Flem trail begins at this waterfall. It leads along the Flem stream from the lower Segnesboden through the area of Europe's largest landslide and over seven bridges down to Flims (1,260 m). Many beautiful trails await hikers, as well as fantastic views of the Flem gorges. Do the cable car users know what they're missing?

What a dream tour! I am totally thrilled. The further we went, the better it got with the absolute highlight of the Segnesboden. Such an impressive landscape! The path almost always leads along the Flem stream, the course of which is really spectacular with waterfalls, gorges, bubbling pots, rocks and gravel banks. You can cross seven bridges, some of which are special. Otherwise, the path is very well maintained and developed. And extremely varied, as you can see from the photos. There were lots of views and flowers galore on top of that. I have already done a lot of tours, but this one definitely makes it into the 🔝🔟. If you are interested in a more objective description and correct altitude information (Komoot always gives me 10-20% too little), you can find it here: https://schweizmobil.ch/de/wanderland/route-764

First I used the special course with a post bus from Laax Bergbahnen up to Nagens. From there I first hiked up to the Grauberg cable car station and then down to the Segnesboden. The Segnesboden is beautiful with a large waterfall and is a moorland of national importance. It can only be entered by cows. When I circled the Segnesboden, unfortunately Komoot decided that I would take a break so that the piece to the Segneshütte was not recorded. Then I went down the wonderful hiking trail "Wasserweg Flims" or Trutg dil Flem to Flims. The hiking trail leads along the Flem river and is characterized by seven specially built bridges over the Flem. See also https://www.flimslaax.com/wandern-schweiz/trutg-dil-flem

With a guest card, the journey on bus line 125 to Nagnes costs 8 euros and is a real experience

Even more tips and tour suggestions for the Laax region can be found in my article on Wanderfolk: https://wanderfolk.de/laax-sommer-wandern-schweiz/