Glarus thrust

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The Glarus thrust is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. Along the thrust the Helvetic nappes were thrusted more than 100 km to the north over the external Aarmassif and Infrahelvetic complex. The thrust forms the contact between older Permo-Triassic rock layers of the Verrucano group and younger Jurassic and Cretaceous limestones and Paleogene flysch and molasse. ()

Local name: Glarner Hauptüberschiebung Unesco: from 2008Area: 126.83 mi²Coordinates: 46°55'0"N, 9°15'0"E

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GraubündenSwitzerland

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Glarus thrust – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vorab, Belmont, Crap Sogn Gion, Piz Dolf.

5.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vorab
136 min walk • 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.
6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Belmont
161 min walk • Belmont Castle is a ruined castle near Flims, Graubünden, Switzerland. It was the home of the Barons of Belmont.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Crap Sogn Gion
151 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.
1.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Dolf
31 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.
4.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ringelspitz
117 min walk • The Ringelspitz is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Graubünden. Reaching a height of 3,248 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit in the canton of St. Gallen. It is split between three municipalities: Pfäfers, Trin and Tamins.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Laaxer Stöckli
81 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.
~1390 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Sardona
7 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.
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Segnas
20 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.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Crap Masegn
151 min walk • The Crap Masegn is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located near Flims in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies south of the Vorab.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Chüebodensee
144 min walk • Chüebodensee is a lake above Elm in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.4 ha. There are about 8 km of well established trails around the lake. The lake is within the Glarner Freiberg wildlife preserve.
1.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tschingelhörner
48 min walk • The Tschingelhörner are a chain of mountain peaks in the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. They are composed of several summits on a 1 km long ridge, of which the highest is named Grosses Tschingelhorn. The mountain is located between Elm and Flims, west of the Segnas Pass.