Vorab

#255 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Vorab is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. The summit is also named Bündner Vorab to distinguish it from a lower summit named Glarner Vorab. A glacier runs down its eastern face where the valley continues a moderate inclination down towards Flims, where it can be seen for example from Caumasee. It cannot be seen from the adjacent municipalities on the south though. The northwestern face however consists of a sheer drop towards Elm. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 9934 ftProminence: 1339 ftCoordinates: 46°52'26"N, 9°9'25"E

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GraubündenSwitzerland

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Vorab – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Laaxersee, Lag Prau Pulté, Mirasteilas Observatory, Crap Sogn Gion.

6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Laaxersee, Laax
168 min walk • Laaxersee or Lag Grond is a lake in the village of Laax, Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5 ha and maximum depth 5.5 m. Fishing season is from May 1 to September 15. In winter, the lake is generally frozen.
6.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lag Prau Pulté, Flims
165 min walk • Lag Prau Pulté is a lake at Flims in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland.
5.8 miSE
Observatories and planetariums
Mirasteilas Observatory, Falera
147 min walk • The Mirasteilas Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Falera in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. With its 90-centimeter telescope it is the largest publicly accessible observatory in Switzerland.
3.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Crap Sogn Gion
80 min walk • Crap Sogn Gion is a mountain and cable car station located near Flims in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Regarding the definition used in the Alps by the Swiss Alpine Club it cannot be called a mountain but only a location at the end of a ridge descending from the Vorab in the Glarus Alps.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kärpf
108 min walk • The Kärpf is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, at an elevation of 2,794 m. The Kärpf is the highest point of the massif lying north of Richetli Pass.
5.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Dolf
142 min walk • Piz Dolf or Trinserhorn is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of St. Gallen and Graubünden. Piz Sardona is to the north across a glacier, and to its west Piz Segnas. Both Piz Segnas and Piz Dolf show the line of the Glarus thrust in its upper part.
2.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Laaxer Stöckli
60 min walk • The Laaxer Stöckli is a 2,898 metre-high mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden in Eastern Switzerland. It lies approximately halfway between the Vorab and Piz Segnas.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hausstock
110 min walk • The Hausstock is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, at an elevation of 3,158 m on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. It overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and the valley of the Vorderrhein river in Graubünden.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Sardona
140 min walk • Piz Sardona is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, on the border between the cantons Glarus and St. Gallen. The 3,056 metre high mountain overlooks the valleys of Elm and Calfeisen.
4.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Segnas
117 min walk • Piz Segnas is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. Piz Sardona is on the same ridge to the north, from where the Trinserhorn or Piz Dolf lies to the southeast.
6.3 miSE
46°47'58"N • 9°14'4"E
Church St. Remigius, Falera
161 min walk • Church