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Gaschurn
Vorarlberg's southernmost and largest municipality, deep in the Montafon, its hamlet Partenen the gateway to the Silvretta high alpine road and its reservoirs.
- 19Highlights
- 52Routes
- Featured summit · Bielerhöhe
Highlights
Vallülasee
A small mountain lake below the Vallüla peak in the Silvretta, reached from the Bielerhöhe area at the head of the Paznaun.
Ochsentaler Gletscher
A glacier at the head of the Ochsental in the Silvretta, running down from Piz Buin toward the Silvretta reservoir above Partenen.
Alpengasthof Zeinisjoch
A mountain inn at the Zeinisjoch, the pass linking Galtür in the Paznaun with the Montafon, and a stop for hikers and cyclists crossing between the valleys.
Großes Seehorn
A three-thousander of the Silvretta on the frontier ridge, a clean pyramid with a slight horn to it.
Klostertaler Umwelthütte
A hut in the Klostertal basin owned centrally rather than by any one section of the DAV.
Kopssee TURS-Selfie-Spot
A marked photo point at the Kops reservoir above Galtür, overlooking the turquoise water and the Silvretta peaks.
Madlenerhaus
A German Alpine Club hut at the Bielerhöhe beside the Silvretta reservoir, a long-established base for tours into the Silvretta mountains.
Madrisella
A Silvretta summit above Gargellen, with a ferrata up its north face.
Saarbrücker Hütte
A German Alpine Club hut high in the Silvretta above the Vermunt reservoir near Partenen, a base for tours in the Litzner-Seehorn group.
Silvretta-Haus
A mountain house at the Bielerhöhe beside the Silvretta reservoir at about 2,030 m, offering rooms and meals on the Silvretta High Alpine Road.
Tübinger Hütte
A staffed DAV hut in the Garnera valley, on the hut round through the Silvretta.
Valschavieler Maderer
One of the high summits at the head of the Silbertal, deep in the Verwall.
Wiesbadener Hütte
A German Alpine Club hut below Piz Buin in the Silvretta, reached from the Bielerhöhe and the classic base for ascents of the 3,312 m peak.
Alpin- und Tourismusmuseum Gaschurn
A museum of alpinism and tourism in the old Frühmesshaus, open since 1992.
Rearkappali
A small wayside chapel near Galtür at around 1,580 m, one of the many 'Kappali' — the Paznaun dialect word for chapel — along the valley's old paths.
Neue Heilbronner Hütte
An Alpine Club hut in the Verwall group on the old crossing between the Paznaun and the Montafon, reached from Galtür over the Zeinisjoch.
Barbarakapelle auf der Bielerhöhe
A chapel dedicated to St. Barbara, patron of miners and tunnellers, at the Bielerhöhe beside the Silvretta reservoir at about 2,030 m.
Pfarrkirche Hl. Michael Gaschurn
Gaschurn's parish church in the Montafon, dedicated to St Michael and standing in the middle of the village.
Rear Kapelle
A small chapel in the high country of the Gaschurn municipality, in the upper Montafon in Vorarlberg.
Nothing of this kind in Gaschurn.
Routes
50 routes, an even mix of activities · see the rest on montafon.at ↗
Klettersteig Kleinlitzner
Short secured climb on the Kleinlitzner near the Saarbrücker Hütte in the Silvretta, a compact rock objective often paired with the hut walk from the Vermunt side.
- 447 m
- Distance
- 113 m
- Ascent
- 29 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Klettersteig Madrisella
A middling ferrata up the rocky north face of the Madrisella — 750 m of climbing to the summit.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 781 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 8 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusKlettersteig Rifa
A practice ferrata in the Rifa climbing garden, between Gaschurn and Partenen, with variants for every level.
- 132 m
- Distance
- 10 m
- Ascent
- 4 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusKlettersteig Silvrettasee
An unusual via ferrata on the Silvretta dam wall itself, with rope bridges and a swing pendulum.
- 1.1 km
- Distance
- 49 m
- Ascent
- 33 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusÜbungsklettersteige Wiesbadener Hütte
Two short practice ferratas beside the Wiesbadener Hütte, at the foot of the Piz Buin.
- 365 m
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 8 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusJägerpfad
Short, easy trail in the Galtür-Zeinisjoch border country between Paznaun and Montafon, a gentle round through forest and alpine pasture.
- 3.8 km
- Distance
- 152 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 15 min
- Duration
G. 23 Klostertalerhütte (nicht bewirtschaftet)
From the Bielerhöhe the route follows the reservoir shore into the Klostertal to the Klostertaler Umwelthütte, an unstaffed shelter — bring your own provisions.
- 12.9 km
- Distance
- 373 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 56 min
- Duration
- 66
- Check-ins
G.19 Wanderung Piz Buin Blick
Out-and-back from the Bielerhöhe reservoir to the Wiesbadener Hütte beneath Piz Buin, returning over the Radsattel; glacier views accompany most of the upper valley.
- 15.2 km
- Distance
- 806 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 47 min
- Duration
- 98
- Check-ins
Obervermuntwerk - Großes Seehorn
From the Obervermunt power station to the Großes Seehorn, a three-thousander on the Swiss border.
- 6.2 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 1 h 31 min
- Duration
Open route PeakVisor tTRL (OpenStreetMap piste_type=skitour)Saarbrücker Hütte (2.538m)
From the Vermunt reservoir up to the Saarbrücker Hütte, ringed by the Silvretta massif.
- 4.7 km
- Distance
- 770 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 2 h 13 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusSkitour Kromerscharte (2.800 m)
A ski tour to the Kromerscharte, looking out across the three-thousanders of the Silvretta.
- 8.9 km
- Distance
- 1 029 m
- Ascent
- 1 029 m
- Descent
- 3 h 46 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.1 Zeinissee Runde
A short loop from Galtür up to the Zeinisjoch at 1,840 m, going round the Zeinissee past the Alpengasthof and the campsite.
- 11.7 km
- Distance
- 321 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 21 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
7169 Silvretta 3 Seen-Runde
A high circuit over the Bielerhöhe and the Zeinisjoch, linking the Großer Vermuntsee and the Silvrettasee with Galtür.
- 37.3 km
- Distance
- 1 370 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 36 min
- Duration
- 84
- Check-ins
E-Bike & Climb - Wiesbaden Galtür
A short but steep climb through the Ochsental in the Silvretta, gaining nearly 500 m to reach the Wiesbadener Hütte at 2,442 m.
- 6.9 km
- Distance
- 476 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 12 min
- Duration
- 48
- Check-ins
Bike & Hike Galtür - Versalspitze
A ride from Galtür over the Zeinisjoch to the Alpe Verbella, then the climb on foot to the Versalspitze.
- 16.9 km
- Distance
- 1 047 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 44 min
- Duration
- 29
- Check-ins
G.18 Rundwanderweg Silvretta-Stausee
Circuit of the Silvretta reservoir at the Bielerhöhe with Piz Buin in sight for much of the way; small rises along the shoreline add up to more than the flat water suggests.
- 6.4 km
- Distance
- 97 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 44 min
- Duration
- 65
- Check-ins
Wirl - Bielerhöhe und Rundwanderung um den Stausee
From Wirl near Galtür the route climbs past the Alpkogel to the Bielerhöhe, then adds the full loop around the Silvretta reservoir before returning — a long valley-to-lake day.
- 15.2 km
- Distance
- 495 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 25 min
- Duration
- 70
- Check-ins
Bielerhöhe 2 037 m
Piz Buin 2 045 m- Restaurant Silvrettasee 2 032 m
- Silvretta-Haus 2 045 m
Großer Vermuntsee 1 744 m- Alpkogel 1 631 m
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Skitour über die Versettla auf die Madrisella
A ski tour where the descent is the point — the lift does most of the climbing.
- 6.8 km
- Distance
- 376 m
- Ascent
- 837 m
- Descent
- 2 h 16 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusSkitour Piz Buin (3.312 m)
A demanding ski tour up the Piz Buin, the highest mountain in Vorarlberg at 3,312 m.
- 20.3 km
- Distance
- 1 482 m
- Ascent
- 1 449 m
- Descent
- 6 h 53 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.2 Heilbronner Huetten-Tour
A track climb from Galtür over the Zeinisjoch to the Neue Heilbronner Hütte, crossing the Verbellner Winterjöchli at 2,272 m.
- 28.7 km
- Distance
- 1 117 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 36 min
- Duration
- 36
- Check-ins
Bike & Hike Galtür - Wiegensee
A ride from Galtür up to the Zeinisjoch, then the walk over to the Wiegensee at 1,926 m.
- 16.5 km
- Distance
- 669 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 6 min
- Duration
- 21
- Check-ins
G.24 Saarbrücker Hütte
From the Bielerhöhe past the Madlenerhaus and along the reservoir, the trail climbs the Kromertal to the Saarbrücker Hütte facing the Litzner-Seehorn group.
- 11.6 km
- Distance
- 658 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 50 min
- Duration
- 57
- Check-ins
G.13 und G.14 Neue Heilbronner Hütte - Friedrichshafener
Two-stage hut link from the Zeinisjoch over the Verbellner Winterjöchli, connecting the Neue Heilbronner Hütte with the Friedrichshafener Hütte in the Verwall.
- 29.3 km
- Distance
- 2 179 m
- Ascent
- 13 h 24 min
- Duration
- 41
- Check-ins
Skitour Rauhkopfsattel auf der Silvretta-Bielerhöhe
Through the Bieltal to the Rauhkopfscharte and the Rauher Kopf, returning the same way.
- 14.0 km
- Distance
- 1 168 m
- Ascent
- 1 163 m
- Descent
- 4 h 57 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBike & Hike Galtür - Breitspitze
A ride to the Zeinisjoch above the Kops reservoir, with the walk on to the Breitspitze from the pass.
- 16.4 km
- Distance
- 962 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 33 min
- Duration
- 18
- Check-ins
G.17 Bielerspitze
From the Bielerhöhe above the Silvrettasee onto the Bielerkopf ridge, passing the Silvretta-Haus, with the reservoir and the Silvretta glaciers in view.
- 6.3 km
- Distance
- 479 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 7 min
- Duration
- 42
- Check-ins
G.13 und G.14 Neue Heilbronner Hütte - Friedrichshafener Hütte
Verwall crossing from the Alpengasthof Zeinisjoch to the Friedrichshafener Hütte via the Neue Heilbronner Hütte and the Verbellner Winterjöchli, with the Grieskogel en route.
- 20.1 km
- Distance
- 1 123 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 57 min
- Duration
- 41
- Check-ins
Skitour Schneeglocke (3.223 m)
One of the finest ski tours among the Silvretta three-thousanders, for ski mountaineers.
- 18.3 km
- Distance
- 1 192 m
- Ascent
- 1 185 m
- Descent
- 6 h 1 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBike & Hike Galtür - Fädnerspitze
A short but steep ride to the Zeinisjoch from Galtür, then a long climb on foot to the Fädnerspitze.
- 12.8 km
- Distance
- 1 240 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 55 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
G.12 Neue Heilbronner Hütte
Hut walk from the Alpengasthof Zeinisjoch to the Neue Heilbronner Hütte, looping through the Verbella valley past the Peter-Käß-Hütte and over the Verbellner Winterjöchli.
- 13.4 km
- Distance
- 577 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 33 min
- Duration
- 30
- Check-ins
Silvretta Ferwall Marsch - Silvretta Strecke
Endurance circuit above Galtür following the classic marching course over the Breitspitze and the Zeinisjoch, passing the Alpkogel and the Kops area on its near-20 km round.
- 19.6 km
- Distance
- 990 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 14 min
- Duration
- 24
- Check-ins
Skitour Seelücke (2.776 m)
A relatively straightforward high-mountain ski tour, climbing straight for the Silvretta border peaks.
- 11.3 km
- Distance
- 1 048 m
- Ascent
- 1 038 m
- Descent
- 4 h 7 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusDer Ill entlang von Lorüns nach Partenen radeln
The length of the Montafon by bike, from Lorüns past every village up to Partenen.
- 55.0 km
- Distance
- 496 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 21 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.11 Versailspitze
Long ridge day from the Alpengasthof Zeinisjoch past the Alpe Verbella onto the Versalspitze, returning over the Furkla and the Jöchli.
- 12.9 km
- Distance
- 752 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 15 min
- Duration
- 23
- Check-ins
G.16 Fädnerspitze
Steep summit day from the Alpengasthof Zeinisjoch onto the Fädnerspitze, gaining over 1,000 m in a short horizontal distance on the Galtür side of the Verwall.
- 7.4 km
- Distance
- 965 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 40 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
Silvretta Ferwall Marsch - Familien Strecke
Moderate loop from Galtür over the Zeinisjoch and past the Alpkogel, the family-length version of the valley's classic long-distance marching route.
- 14.7 km
- Distance
- 661 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 5 min
- Duration
- 19
- Check-ins
Besteigung vom Hohen Rad und Einkehr auf der Wiesbadener Hütte
A high round from the Silvretta-Bielerhöhe onto the Hohes Rad, with a stop at the Wiesbadener Hütte.
- 15.7 km
- Distance
- 1 005 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 51 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.06 Alpkogelbahn - Kopsstausee - Zeinisjoch - Galtür
Ride the Alpkogelbahn, then walk around the Kopsstausee and back over the Zeinisjoch to Galtür — a mostly level lake-and-pass round with much of the climbing done by the gondola.
- 10.6 km
- Distance
- 299 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 14 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
Hochtour auf den Piz Buin (3.312 m)
A demanding high tour to the Piz Buin over the Ochsentaler glacier, with easy climbing near the top.
- 21.8 km
- Distance
- 1 567 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 21 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusLEKI Cross Trail-Galtür-Zeinissee-Kopsstausee
Runnable cross-country line from Galtür past the Zeinissee to the Kopsstausee, using the Zeinisjoch crossing and returning past the Alpkogel above Wirl.
- 8.8 km
- Distance
- 529 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 40 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
Landschaftspfad Gaschurn-Partenen-Galtür (2-Tages Wanderung)
Two days over to Galtür through the Wiegensee and Verwall conservation area.
- 24.7 km
- Distance
- 1 424 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 49 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.02 Zeinisjoch
Classic pass walk from Galtür to the Zeinisjoch, where the Alpengasthof marks the divide between the Paznaun and the Montafon, returning the same gentle way.
- 11.8 km
- Distance
- 335 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 36 min
- Duration
- 16
- Check-ins
Montafoner Hüttenrunde
A high stage from the Wormser Hütte over the Roßbergjoch to the Neue Heilbronner Hütte.
- 22.5 km
- Distance
- 1 248 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 51 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.07 Zeinisjoch - Wiegensee
High moorland walk from the Zeinisjoch past the Alpe Verbella to the Wiegensee, a protected bog lake mirroring the Verwall peaks.
- 11.1 km
- Distance
- 320 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 23 min
- Duration
- 16
- Check-ins
Silvretta-Bielerhöhe zur Saarbrücker Hütte (2.538 m) und wieder retour
From the Silvretta-Bielerhöhe to the Saarbrücker Hütte and back through the Kromertal.
- 20.4 km
- Distance
- 1 143 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 34 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusG.15 Breitspitze
Ascent from the Alpengasthof Zeinisjoch to the Breitspitze, a grassy 2,203 m lookout between the Kops reservoir and the Paznaun.
- 10.4 km
- Distance
- 561 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 44 min
- Duration
- 13
- Check-ins
Tübinger Hütte
Up the Ganeratal to the Tübinger Hütte, returning by the Ganeu maisäß to the valley.
- 21.9 km
- Distance
- 1 345 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 16 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusGipfelerlebnis Breitspitze (2.203 m)
The Breitspitze, open to the surrounding Silvretta summits and down the length of the Montafon.
- 10.1 km
- Distance
- 488 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 37 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusVom Vermuntsee nach Gargellen
From the Vermuntsee over the Hochmadererjoch and past the Tübinger Hütte down to Gargellen.
- 21.7 km
- Distance
- 1 285 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 34 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusMadrisella Gipfelweg
A high-alpine round from the Versettla over the Madrisella and down into the Novatal.
- 10.9 km
- Distance
- 788 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 13 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon Tourismus
No routes of this kind in Gaschurn yet.
The region's own picks
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Jägerpfad
Short, easy trail in the Galtür-Zeinisjoch border country between Paznaun and Montafon, a gentle round through forest and alpine pasture.
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