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Continue ahead on the left-hand side of a small stream before rising to rocks, scree and boulders. Shortly before reaching the pass the trail cuts across a steep slope of shale and scree above a tiny lake. Piz Linard – highest of the Silvretta Alps – is seen ahead on the other side of Val Sagliains. Over a high point descend past a second lake to gain the wide Vereina Pass at 2585m (2½hrs).

The 2585m Vereina Pass gives a direct view of Piz Linard, highest of the Silvretta peaks

PIZ LINARD

Piz Linard (3411m) is the highest of the Silvretta Alps. First climbed in 1905 by V Sohm and K Huber, this rock peak stands entirely in Switzerland above Lavin in the Lower Engadine. When viewed from the south it shows as an impressive towering pinnacle, but its pyramid shape is lost when seen from the Vereina Pass to the west. Although not a difficult peak to climb by its ordinary routes, the rock is notoriously poor. A small CAS-owned hut (Chamanna dal Linard) is located in a hanging valley below the mountain’s south face.