Val Sumvitg

Surrein, behind the entrance to Val Sumvitg. Facing south.

The Val Sumvitg ( [ˌvalsʊmˈvic] ^?^/^I ) is a right side valley of the Vorderheintal in the Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

description

The V-shaped valley extends over a length of around 10 kilometers from a hollow in the terrain between Piz Miezdi and Piz Tgietschen down to Surrein, a village in the municipality of Sumvitg . The highest point of the valley is around 2000 meters high, Surrein is at an altitude of 900 meters. It is traversed by the Rein da Sumvitg , which is dammed in the upper part to form a lake around 500 meters long. Apart from the hamlets of Portas and Val, there are no towns . In the south, a mule track leads over the Crest la Greina to the Terrihütte and the Greina plateau . The Tenigerbad spa , which is now closed and is first mentioned in a document in 1580, was a tourist attraction . The spa itself is likely to be much older.