Alpine Trail Markers & Paths

This collection highlights essential navigation markers and educational trails throughout the Glarus region of the Swiss Alps. It includes the Foopass, a key crossing on the Via Alpina connecting Elm and Weisstannen at 2,223 meters. The list also features the Brunnenbergbahn cable car access point in Luchsingen, which facilitates travel to the glacial Oberblegisee lake. These guideposts and nature paths (Lehrpfad) provide critical orientation for hikers traversing the high-altitude terrain and sun terraces characteristic of the Glarus Alps.

Alpine Trail Markers & Paths — Carte

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A

Foopass

High mountain pass at 2,223 meters connecting the Sernftal and Weisstannental valleys. It serves as a segment of the Via Alpina Green Trail.

B

Sölenboden

Trail junction and guidepost located on the Kerenzerberg plateau overlooking Lake Walen.

C

Höhenklinik

Navigation point situated near the high-altitude health clinic in the car-free resort of Braunwald.

D

Luchsingen

Trail junction in the Glarus valley and site of the valley station for the aerial tramway to Brunnenberg.

E

Brunnenbergbahn

Aerial tramway station connecting the village of Luchsingen to high-altitude hiking routes and the Oberblegisee lake.

F

Lehrpfad

Educational nature trail focusing on the local ecology and alpine landscape of the Glarus region.

G

Lehrpfad

Section of an educational path detailing the natural history and environmental features of the surrounding mountain terrain.