Oberengadin 2009

I spent a week in Bever in the Oberengadin (Switzerland), walking and enjoying the local railways.

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Date	Activity	From	To	Notes
25–26.09.09	Train	Den Haag	Bever	Sleeper to Basel, then via Luzern and Gotthard North ramp to Göschenen, Schöllenenbahn to Andermatt, mgb and RhB to Bever via Landquart and Klosters. Woof!
27.09.09	Walk	Bever	Zuoz	Section of the Via Engiadina walk along the North side of the Inn valley (about 12km). Meant as a gentle acclimatisation walk, but turned out to have quite a bit of up and down, and some excellent views.
	Train	Zuoz	Bever	Since it was early, I came back the long way round, via Klosters, Davos, Filisur and the Albula line. Very nice!
28.09.09	Walk	Bever	Bergün	ok, I cheated and took the train through the tunnel from Spinas to Preda, but I walked the rest. The Bahnlehrpfad from Preda to Bergün, weaving between the loops and zigzags of the railway, is great fun.
	Train	Bergün	Poschiavo	Finished the walk early again!
	Train	Poschiavo	Bever
29.09.09	Walk	Bever	Corviglia	Another stage of the Via Engiadina, slightly more ambitious than those so far (900m of ascent). Beautiful views over the valley and surrounding mountains. And great aerial views of the shunting at Samedan station!
	Funicular	Corviglia	St Moritz	Expensive, but worth it to save my knees from nearly 700m of descent
	Train	St Moritz	Bever	Hmm. Probably about time I got on a train at Bever - I always seem to be arriving and never departing…
30.09.09	Train	Bever	Ospizio Bernina	Finally! Had time to go via St Moritz, thus doing the third side of the Samedan triangle.
	Walk	Ospizio Bernina	Alp Grüm	Just a gentle stroll, really, but very scenic.
	Train	Alp Grüm	Tirano	You can never have too many rides on the Bernina, even if…
	Train	Tirano	Bever	…you hop straight on the next train back.
01.10.09	Train	Bever	Filisur	Mmm - Albula again!
	Walk	Filisur	Davos-Monstein	Another “railway walk”, although you don’t get to see much of the railway, as it’s mostly in tunnel or hidden in the trees. First bit is along a fairly normal, but attractive, wooded hillside; at Wiesen you follow a walkway over the 90m high viaduct, then the last part of the walk is along a disused road through the Zügenschlucht gorge.
	Train	Davos-Monstein	Bever	Back via Davos and Klosters.
02.10.09	Train	Bever	Langwies	via Klosters, Landquart and Chur
	Walk	Langwies	Arosa	And another railway walk - this one is pleasant and scenic in itself, and lets you see plenty of the railway. Pity that the Langwies viaduct is covered in scaffolding…
	Train	Arosa	Bever	via the Albula route
03–04.10.09	Train	Bever	Den Haag	Devious route to take full advantage of the SwissPass: Bever-Sagliains-Landquart (RhB); Landquart-St. Gallen (sbb); St. Gallen-Appenzell-Herisau (ab); Herisau-Rapperswil-Arth-Goldau-Luzern (sob, i.e. old bt/mthB); Luzern-Meiringen-Interlaken Ost (zb, i.e. former sbb-Brünig); Interlaken Ost-Basel (sbb); Basel-Utrecht (cnl sleeper); Utrecht-Den Haag (ns)