Friday 27th September : Weather: 8°C to 14°C: Misty morning in Davos, sunny blue skies Sertig Dorfli
Davos to Sertig Dorfli: 22.0k walk Davos Platz to Rinehorn via Sertig Dorfli. Cable car down to Glass. bus to Davos
Ascent and Descent: Ascent 000m, Descent 000m,
Time: 8.45am to 4.45pm: Walk to Sertig Dorfli 6hrs + 2 x 30 min stops Plus 1hr Cable Car and bus back to Davos
Accommodation: Alpen Chic Promenade 73 Davos
Following the Landwasser in Davos
Morning coffee near Clavadel
Blue skies after misty morning
Beautiful Walser Village Sertig Dorfli
On the way to Rinerhorn cable ar
Stopping for rest near Abirugg
A spectacular day in beautiful cool sunny, but not foreast, weather, hiking more than 20k to the Walser village of Sertig Dorfli, then climbing to the cable car at Rinerhorn at 2053 metres to take to cable car down to Glaris, then the bus th Davos Platz.
We’re awake at 6am to a cold 8°C misty/foggy morning and have a cup of tea. We pull the curtains back and can’t see to the other side of the street. We’d planned to take the bus to Glaris, a village along the valley from Davos, then the cable car up to Rinerhorn and walk down to Sertig Dorfli, a beautiful Walser village, then walk all the way back to Davos Platz, a total of about 20k. But with not too much up and down, we thought it waould be doable. Instead we lie in bed to see what happens to the weather before having breakfast and getting changed into warm clothes hoping to be able to hike, but expecting to do a train trip somewhere.
It’s 8.30am when suddenly teh mist begins to lift, and we hurriedly pack my back pack, my turn to carry, and decide to do our planned trip in reverse incase we got to the top of the Rinerhorn cable car and got stuck in the mist. We leave at 8.45am and it’s still cold. I’m wearing about 12 items of clothing as we wander beside the Landwasser River, really just a narrow canal streaming down the valley. We’re looking for the signs to Sertig Dorfli but can only see signs to Clavadel, which we know is on the way.
Leaving the canal, we head up on a wide farm track towards Clavadel, and into a pine forest. The mist is dissipating amd it’s warming up as we steadlily climb on a well graded wide track. After 2 hours of walking, we see a seat in the sun - perfect for coffee and an Arnotts Spicy Fruit Roll. I take a photo of the Alps behind us but can’t avoid the garbage can next to our picnic seat.
The track winds it’s way through pine forests with glimpses of the valley below. This is a a beautiful off shoot valley from Landwasser scattered with scattered farms and barns among the meadows. The track is well graded and at 12.45pm after 11k, we ee this beautiful Walser village nestled in a green meadow - Sertig Dorfli. Lunch time. It’s cold and a little breezy so we find a seat under a balcony of an unoccupied farm house to have a cup of tea and the last of our pannetone cake/bread.
We can see the track meandering up the other side, and walk to Sertig Sands, just a bit further on to cross the Sertig River (more of a stream), and follow the signs to Jatzmeder Rinerhorn cable car, two hrs 15 minutes away. Theer are two parallel tracks traversing teh mountain side - one for bikers and one for walkers, less than five metres apart. Switzerland really has become a montain biking country. A shower of rain heads our way, and we stop to put on rain jackets, only for it to stop 5 minutes later when the sun comes out.
At 3.00pm we arrive at what we thought was the village of Abirugg, but it turns out to be a picnic spot/summer restaurant with wonderful views of the Landwasser valley and Davos. But it’s deserted except for us. It’s clearly a summer destination for people who come up in the cable car to Rinerhorne, then walk 30 minutes on the “pram friendly” track to Abirugg for lunch. We stop to admire the view, take a photo then walk along the three metre wide trail/road to teh Rinerhorne cable car where we pay the discounted rate of 13 Francs each for a one way Gondola trip down 700 metres to Glaris. Then a two minute walk to the bus stop wheer we only have to wait five minutes for the 4.03 bus into Davos - free with our Tourist Guest Card.
The bus route through the valley is picturesque until we’re held up for 10 minutes with a motor bike accident. We’re back in Davos Platz at 4.45pm, and stop at firstly Aldi for beer, fresh bread, Brie cheese and pork fillet. Then next door to the COOP for Mache (lamb’s lettuce) boxed red wine and smoked salmon (for Sunday night as all shops close on Sunday. Back to our warm cozy unit to sort photos, shower, then have a wine/beer with macadamia nuts. We’re soon cooking our pork filet with onion and capsicum, plus pumpkin soup as a gravy, and a salad of macho, capsicum, onion and mayonnaise, all with a slice of fresh bread. More blogging and photo sorting, then a cup of milk and honey and bed at 9an, Tomorrow it’s supposed to be a minimum of 1°C. We’ll see what the morning brings.