Camping Plauns

Camping Plauns

Piz Palü und Piz Bernina

Piz Palü und Piz Bernina

Hotel Saratz Pontresina

Hotel Saratz Pontresina

Pontresina Hotel Walther

Pontresina Hotel Walther

Diavolezza

Diavolezza

Diavolezza - Piz Palü

Diavolezza - Piz Palü

To the Morteratsch glacier

Pontresina

The walk from the Morteratsch train station to the end of the Morteratsch Glacier is a brief one, yet it covers thousands of years of the earth’s history.

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Immense white tongues seem to push forth from the ice and snow-covered Piz Palü and Piz Bernina towards Pontresina. These are the Pers and Morteratsch Glaciers. At the Isla Persa, the two glacier arms unite to form a glacier tongue which ends after barely 2 kilometres. Only 120 years ago, the Morteratsch Glacier extended nearly 2 km further into the valley. An educational trail informs hikers about the retreat of the glacier and the mysterious life that exists in the pre-glacier ridge. From mid-June to the end of September there is a guided tour every Monday morning.

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