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Schruns
The Montafon's main market town at about 690 m on the Litz and Ill, where Hemingway wintered in the 1920s, with the Hochjoch cable car rising from the village.
- 6Highlights
- 31Routes
Highlights
9 from neighbouring places
Vorderkapellalpe
A staffed alp on the Kapell shelf, a natural stop on the way up.
Panorama Bahn
An eight-seat gondola in the Silvretta Montafon ski area above Schruns.
PeakVisor / OpenStreetMapMontafoner Heimatmuseum
The valley's own museum, kept by the Heimatschutzverein Montafon.
PeakVisor / OpenStreetMapErnest Hemingway Denkmal
A monument raised in 1999 for the writer's centenary; he wintered in Schruns in the 1920s.
Kloster Gauenstein
A monastery at Gauenstein on the slope above Schruns in the Montafon, with a chapel and a wide view down the valley.
Kreuzjoch
3.2 km away, in St. Gallenkirch
A summit on the Verwall side of Schruns, reached from the Hochjoch ridge.
Almeinalpe
3.7 km away, in Bartholomäberg
An alp without a kitchen — the pasture and the buildings, and nothing sold.
Zamangspitze
3.7 km away, in St. Gallenkirch
A peak above the Silvretta Montafon slopes, on the ridge between two valleys.
Montafoner Bergbaumuseum Silbertal
4 km away, in Silbertal
The mining museum, on the ore working that went on here through the 15th and 16th centuries.
Monteneu
4.4 km away, in Bartholomäberg
A shoulder on the way up to the Wannaköpfe, above the old mining ground.
Flying-Fox Golm
4.5 km away, in Tschagguns
A zip line at the Golm above Tschagguns in the Montafon, strung across the valley above the Latschau reservoir.
Wannaköpfle
4.6 km away, in Bartholomäberg
A summit on the Sonnenbalkon, reached from the village by way of Monteneu.
Zamangalpe
4.7 km away, in St. Gallenkirch
An alp with a self-service fridge rather than a kitchen — pay for what you take.
Mountain hut
Cable car 
Historic site
Nothing of this kind in Schruns.
Routes
Klettersteig Hochjoch
A ferrata that asks for stamina, and repays it with all three Montafon ranges in view.
- 4.6 km
- Distance
- 498 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 51 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusKlettersteig Kälbersee
A practice ferrata in fine surroundings, with the Kälbersee and its hut alongside for the family.
- 2.1 km
- Distance
- 178 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 27 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusAlpwanderung Innerkapell über Aussichtspunkt "Surblies"
An alp walk to the Surblies viewpoint, a quiet corner for anyone after some space.
- 6.4 km
- Distance
- 327 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 23 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBartholomäberg Runde ab Schruns
From the church square of Schruns up the Tobelweg and Montjola to the baroque church of Bartholomäberg.
- 3.2 km
- Distance
- 393 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 36 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusMontafoner 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 TourismusBartholomäberg - Silbertal Runde (Mit dem Rennrad auf dem Sonnenbalkon Bartholomäberg)
A road-bike round of the Sonnenbalkon, up to Bartholomäberg and Innerberg and back by Schruns.
- 24.1 km
- Distance
- 521 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 38 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusMontafoner Wassersinfonie - Spaziergang von Schruns nach St. Anton im Montafon der Litz und Ill entlang
A level walk from Schruns to St. Anton, following the Litz and then the Ill.
- 6.4 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 32 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBergknappenweg Bartholomäberg
The miners' way from Schruns up to the baroque church and the historic mine workings.
- 4.7 km
- Distance
- 645 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 34 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusSchruns über Kropfen und Waldweg bis Kapell
Straight up from the church square of Schruns by the Kropfen and the forest road to Kapell.
- 7.3 km
- Distance
- 1 170 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 31 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBike & Hike Davenna
Ridden to the Davenna and walked to its top, for the panorama over the whole valley.
- 37.2 km
- Distance
- 1 399 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 37 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusNaturkräftepfad
A short trail of interactive stations, made as much for children as for adults.
- 2.4 km
- Distance
- 118 m
- Ascent
- 52 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusMontafoner Talweg
A walk about the valley floor itself — its villages, its scattered farms and the land they work.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 525 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 27 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusVia Valtellina Montafon
A stage of the Via Valtellina, the old trade route that ran from Tirano in Italy to Schruns.
- 24.1 km
- Distance
- 1 699 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 27 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBike & Hike Golmer Joch
Ridden and then walked to the Golmer Joch, for a full turn of the Rätikon.
- 31.5 km
- Distance
- 1 496 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 14 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusNaturkräftepfad Seebligasee
The Naturkräftepfad extended out to the Seebligasee and back to the Kapell station.
- 3.1 km
- Distance
- 116 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 1 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusVom Hochjoch über die Alpguesalpe ins Silbertal
A high traverse from the Hochjoch over the Kreuzjoch and down into the Silbertal.
- 16.7 km
- Distance
- 713 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 18 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusBike und Hike Tilisunahütte
From the valley floor to 2,200 m through the Gampadelstal to the Tilisunahütte.
- 33.9 km
- Distance
- 1 591 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 30 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusSeetalweg
From the Sennigrat across the Hochjoch, past mountain tarns and the Wormser Hütte.
- 5.4 km
- Distance
- 78 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 51 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusVom Kapell übers Grasjoch nach St. Gallenkirch
From Kapell over the Grasjoch and down the far side to St. Gallenkirch.
- 15.7 km
- Distance
- 789 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 33 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 TourismusWanderweg Wang
A short high path with something over two hundred summits in view.
- 2.4 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 3 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusVon der Unteren Gaflunaalpe über den Alpguessee zum Hochjoch
A demanding climb from the Gafluna alp past the Alpguessee up to the Hochjoch.
- 17.7 km
- Distance
- 1 389 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 3 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusGolm Tour
A round of the Golm by the Ganeu forest road and the Grüneck station, returning through Latschau.
- 32.3 km
- Distance
- 1 344 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 8 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusIllradweg Schruns - Bludenz
An easy ride along the Ill, winding down the valley from Schruns to Bludenz and back.
- 26.5 km
- Distance
- 133 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 29 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusKristbergsattel Tour
A long ride up the Silbertal and the Wasserstubental to the Sonnenkopf and over to Dalaas.
- 49.1 km
- Distance
- 1 825 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 5 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusMontafon - Walgau Runde
A flat round out of the Montafon and down the Walgau as far as Nenzing, returning along the Ill.
- 49.9 km
- Distance
- 213 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 38 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusRund um den Itonskopf Tour
An e-mountain-bike round of the Itonskopf, with as much descent as climb.
- 32.4 km
- Distance
- 1 278 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusSonnenbalkon Tour Bartholomäberg - Silbertal
A mountain-bike round of the sunny terrace, from Bartholomäberg across to the Silbertal.
- 43.9 km
- Distance
- 1 257 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 5 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusTilisunaalpe Tour
A varied ride by Bitschweil and the fish ponds up to the Tilisuna alp.
- 29.7 km
- Distance
- 1 411 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 59 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusVorderkapellalpe Tour
A ride up to the Vorderkapellalpe by the Hochjoch mid-station, and back the same way.
- 25.8 km
- Distance
- 1 173 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 24 min
- Duration
Open route Montafon TourismusWasserstubental Tour
A long ride from the Montafon up the Wasserstubental to the Sonnenkopf and down into the Klostertal.
- 57.9 km
- Distance
- 1 285 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 21 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg Tourismus
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