Strela (mountain)

Strela
	Strela (left) and Chüpfenflue (right), taken from the Hauptter Tälli .
height	2636.4 m above sea level M.
location	Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland
Mountains	Plural pen
Dominance	0.5 km → Chüpfenflue
Notch height	55 m ↓ ridge between Strela and Chüpfenflue
Coordinates	778.92 thousand / 186878 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '32 " N , 9 ° 46' 59" O ; CH1903: seven hundred seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and twenty / 186878
rock	dolomite
Development	The mountain station of the Schatzalp / Strela ski area is located on the east ridge

The Strela is a mountain between the tourist resorts of Davos and Arosa in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland at an altitude of 2636 m above sea level. M. The name Strela is derived from the Latin striga or from the Rhaeto-Romanic stria ( witch ).

Location and surroundings

The Strela is a ridge between the Strelapass and the Chüpfenflue and belongs to the Strela chain , a mountain range of the plural Alps . The municipal boundary between Davos and Arosa runs above the summit . The Strela is bordered in the north by the high valley Sapün , a side valley of the Schanfigg , in the south-east by the Steintälli and in the south-west by the Vorder Latschüel (both Landwassertal ). The southeast ridge separates the hollows from Steintälli and Vorder Latschüel. In the north the terrain drops into a steep wall, in the south-east the mountain is overgrown with grass, interspersed with individual rubble and rock zones.

The neighboring peaks include the Haupter Horn , the Schiahorn and the Chüpfenflue .

The valley locations are Davos, Arosa and Langwies .

On the slope of the Strelaberg, above Davos, is the Schatzalp , known from Thomas Mann's novel Zauberberg .

Routes to the summit

Routes to the Strela. Red over the northeast ridge and blue over the southeast ridge .

View from the Strela to the Strela lake.

Route from Chüpfenflue (left) over the west ridge (green) to Strela (right).

View over the west ridge to the Chüpfenflue .

Over the northeast ridge

Starting point: Davos ( 1560 m ), Schatzalp ( 1861 m ), Stn. Höhenweg ( 2218 m ), Weissfluhjoch ( 2693 m ) or Langwies ( 1377 m )
Via: Strelapass ( 2350 m )

From Davos via Schatzalp to the Strela Pass
From the Schatzalp via Strelaberg to the Strelapass
From the Stn. Höhenweg via Panoramaweg to the Strela Pass
From Weissfluhjoch via Felsenweg to Strela Pass
From Langwies via Sapün to the Strela Pass

Difficulty: T3 + , B , up to Strelapass as trail white-red-white highlighted
Time required:

3¼ hours from Davos
2¼ hours from Schatzalp
2 hours from the stn. Höhenweg
1¾ hours from the Weissfluhjoch
4¼ hours from Langwies

Note: The ridge path from the Strela Pass to the Strela is still listed in the hiking maps, but there are no markings or signposts.

Over the southeast ridge

Starting point: Davos ( 1560 m ), Schatzalp ( 1861 m ), Stn. Höhenweg ( 2218 m ), Weissfluhjoch ( 2693 m ), Langwies ( 1377 m ) or Arosa ( 1775 m )
Via: Strelasee ( 2404 m )

From Davos via Schatzalp, Strelapass to Strelasee
From Schatzalp via Strelaberg, Strelapass to Strelasee
From the Stn. Höhenweg via Panoramaweg, Strelapass to Strelasee
From Weissfluhjoch via Felsenweg, Strelapass to Strelasee
From Langwies to Sapün , then either via Strelapass or via Tritt, Latschüelfurgga ( 2409 m ) to Strelasee
From Arosa via the reservoir ( 1606 m ), Tieja, Medergen, Tritt, Latschüelfurgga to the Strela lake

Difficulty: T3 + , B , up to Strelasee as trail white-red-white highlighted
Time required:

3¼ hours from Davos
2¼ hours from Schatzalp
2¼ hours from the stn. Höhenweg
2 hours from the Weissfluhjoch
4½ hours from Langwies via Strelapass or 4¾ from Langwies via Latschüelfurgga
5¼ hours from Arosa

Note: The ridge path from Strelasee to Strela is still listed in the hiking maps, but there are no markings and signposts.

Over the west ridge

Starting point: Chüpfenflue ( 2658 m )
Via: connecting ridge
Difficulty: T5-T6 , WS , I-II
Time required: ¾ hours
Comment: The more you dodge into the debris south flank on the east ridge of the Chüpfenflue, the easier, but more difficult, the traverse becomes.

panorama

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360 ° panorama from the Strela

gallery

Mountain station in the Schatzalp / Strela ski area on the northeast ridge of the Strela.
View north to Weissfluh (left) and Weissfluhjoch (right).
View to the west ( Sapün , Schanfigg , in the background the Calanda ).
Looking south to Hanengretji .
View to the southwest to the Bergüner Stöcken (from left to right Piz Ela , Tinzenhorn and Piz Mitgel ).
View to the south to Piz Kesch .

literature

Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Touren / Bündner Alpen , Verlag des SAC 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0 , p. 384.
Bernard Condrau, Manfred Hunziker: Club guide, Bündner Alpen, Volume I (Tamina and Plessur Mountains). 4th edition. Verlag des SAC, 1988, ISBN 3-85902-048-X , pp. 2282-283.
Fabian Lippuner, David Coulin: Alpine hiking / summit destinations, Graubünden North. Verlag des SAC, 2013, ISBN 978-3-85902-341-3 , pp. 116–119.
National map of Switzerland, sheet 1196 Arosa, 1: 25000, Federal Office of Topography, 2011 edition.
National map of Switzerland, sheet 1197 Davos, 1: 25000, Federal Office of Topography, 2011 edition.

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