Vorab glacier
The Vorab glacier ( Rhaeto-Romanic ) is a glacier on the eastern flank of the Vorab in the Swiss cantons of Glarus and Graubünden . The name is probably explained by the Glarus people, according to which the glacier is "in front of" the canton border and slopes down towards the south ("abe" in dialect).
It is located at an average altitude of about 2700 m and is part of the municipal areas of Glarus Süd and Laax . In the Glarnerland it reaches a height of 3,018 m .
On the glacier there is a mountain airfield for airplanes ( location ). To the east of the glacier, the highest high-voltage power line in Europe, the pre-discharge , leads over the glacier plateau.
Ski Area
The Vorab glacier is part of the “Weisse Arena” Flims - Laax - Falera ski area and is accessed by a double ski lift. Ibex , chamois and ptarmigan live in its vicinity .
Future of the glacier
The glacier has receded sharply in the last 30 years and has been conserved with white cloth by the mountain railway company since 2007 in the upper steep slope in the summer.
In advance from Piz Grisch in 2015; this is the same view as in the picture from 1960
Bündner Vorab and Vorab Pign in autumn 1960, seen from Piz Grisch
The glacier in September 1973, seen from slightly north of the then future gondola station
The area of the Vorab, seen from the northeast, in October 2010 already with some fresh snow. The glacier has clearly retreated over the striking lower rock ledge.
Summer conservation of snow for the winter season in the area of the Vorab glacier in 2015. The top covers will be removed again from September.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 40 " N , 9 ° 9 ′ 46" E ; CH1903: seven hundred thirty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-one / 193294