Walserweg, Stage 16/19

The hike leads north of Arosa through the forest and beyond the tree line over alpine meadows. It then descends more than 650 vertical metres into the valley. Imposing peaks, sweeping horse pastures and sun-baked wooden houses bring to life the times when the Walser people lived in this wild valley all year round.

From the Arosa stop, it is only a few steps to Obersee. The hike begins on the lakeshore, leaves the village and descends to the Arosa reservoir. The trail then continues to Furggaalp and climbs across open meadows and pastures to Tieja.

The route now follows a mountain hiking trail marked in white, red and white. After a steady succession of ascents and descents, it reaches Medergen, where the Alpenrose stands directly beside the trail. Shortly afterwards, the hike reaches its highest point at just under 2,100 m. By this point, a large part of the roughly 640 metres of ascent has been completed; from here, the route is predominantly downhill.

The mountain trail crosses open slopes towards Sapün-Dorfji, after which the forest draws closer. Towards the end, the route once again loses considerable elevation, reaching Langwies after 15 kilometres and just under five hours. The Langwies, Abzw. Bahnhof stop is located directly at the finish.