Saturday, Jun 20, 2015
The Swiss National Park (the only national park in Switzerland) is a natural preserve with a goal to protect the area from all human influences and interferences. It seems this goal has been creatively ‘adjusted’ to provide hiking trails as well as huts for rest and refreshments. We had not realized that it would take a minimum of a full day to get the real experience, including sightings of wildlife, and visiting the park museum.
Given the rainy weather, plus the fact that we were only going to be here for one day, we opted for a shorter hike starting at Prasuras, which is the park’s side entrance close to our hotel. With sandwiches and water in our backpacks we headed into the park. The area was green and moist from the steady sprinkle of rain, with streams and small rivers running full. The exercise of walking up a path for several hundred feet, was welcome exercise to compensate for all the caloric, heavy food we’ve been eating. We found a spot under a clump of trees that provided protection from the rain, to have our lunch.
Getting ready for the hike in the Swiss National Park
Streams are full with run-off.
Hiking in the park.
Roselie found a bridge.
Beautiful views.
The river running full.
Later in the afternoon, we jumped on a train and headed back in the direction of St. Moritz, to Punt Muragl. We took the funicular ride to Muottas Muragi – at 7,370 feet. The resort and restaurant at the top afforded us the most spectacular view in the whole of the Engadine area. Dinner at the four-star restaurant was a treat.
We have no photos of Muottas Muragi. We used Roselie’s camera to take sweeping videos of the panoramic view. Now the bad news. The following day, we unknowingly left her camera on the bus to Lugano. It contained two days of photos which I had not yet downloaded. Attempts by several people to help locate the camera have not been successful, yet. There is always hope. To cover all our bases, Roselie made a 1 Sfr donation to the statue of St. Anthony so he would help us recover it. We’re waiting St. Anthony!
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