Sardona-Welterbe-Weg

Only a few hundred people still live in the village of Weisstannen, where the Walser people settled as early as the 14th century. However, the villagescape with the old post office, the sawmill, the alpine dairy and the rafting on the stream vividly tell of the village's rich history.

Leaving the village along the Gufelbach stream, the trail enters the valley on a gravel road between two imposing mountain ranges with impressive rock faces. Soon the path leads into the forest and deeper and deeper into the wild flysch valley Lavtina. Since this is where the hunting ban area "grey horns" begins, numerous chamois, deer or ibex can often be spotted.

The path leaves the stream and leads uphill along the western slope, characterised by scree gullies. Beneath the imposing rock walls of the Marchstein, the trail continues up the valley across pastures and through wooded areas to the Batöni waterfall arena. Here, five waterfalls tumble over steep cliffs, and all converge to form the Gufelbach stream. With a height of between 45 and 86 metres, they create an extraordinary spectacle in the Batöni valley basin.

Below the waterfalls, the stunning Batöni footbridge gently sways at a height of ten metres over the Gufelbach stream. With wooden planks underfoot and metal nets on both sides, the view on the 51-metre-long suspension bridge is unobstructed in all directions.

Now the ascent past the waterfalls gets even steeper and zigzags up to Alp Valtüsch. Cows graze on the pastures and the terrain is rockier here. However, even at the top of the Heidel pass at 2,387 metres, the pastures are still green. A spectacular view in all directions rewards the hikers.

Passing idyllic mountain lakes, the trail now snakes along the southern slope of the Calfeisen valley. Numerous marmot families live here and can be observed. Past streams and waterfalls and the bright green Plattensee lake, the trail continues in gentle ups and downs to the highest point of the route at 2,407 metres. From the Heubützli pass, the descent leads down to the scenic Sardona hut. The view of the mighty rock faces opposite and the Gigerwald lake deep down in the valley is truly impressive.