Swiss Borders Map Stats Overview for Summer 2011 The borders with Liechtenstein, Austria, and Italy Version update: 9 May 2011 (c) For John Harlin’s journey around Switzerland during July–September. john@johnharlin.net; 541-490-9055 All maps and links were prepared by Roland Baumgartner, Switzerland Tourism This document collects the URLs for Swiss Topo maps, Google Earth, GPS, and elevation profiles as split into eight segments. It also shows an overview map of that segment and the elevation profile. For a detailed map of that segment, click on the preferred link. The Swiss Topo (“URL map”) zooms to 1:25,000. It can also be found in “new” along with a link to viewing it in Google Earth on your browser (i.e., without opening the Google Earth app). The yellow line is the exact border. The red line is Roland Baumgartner’s recommended hiking route. The most important peaks have been included in the hiking route. Otherwise, the hiking route often follows trails when they save considerable vertical gains and losses. It also detours to huts for spending the night. My actual route will vary depending on circumstances in the field. None of these routes or dates can be fully relied on. Tips for using the URLs: Some of these do not fully display using the Safari browser. Best is to use Firefox, Chrome, or IE. • • • • • •
URL Map: This is the excellent Swiss Topo map. It zooms in to 1:25,000 scale. URL Profile: This shows the blue elevation vs. distance profile that’s displayed in this pdf (see following pages). URL KMZ: This is the file for Google Earth. Click on the url to download the kmz, then click the kmz file to see it in Google Earth (requires that Google Earth is installed). URL GPX: This downloads the GPX file for use in GPS units. New: This shows the data behind the profiles: the Swiss Topo–calculated distance, altitudes, vertical gains and losses, and estimated hiking time. New: Once you’ve clicked on the “new” URL, you can click on 3d View (in the green Tools box in upper right) to go directly to a Google Earth view without needing to open Google Earth and import kmz files.
SwissMap Time: SwissMap/SwissTopo provides an estimated hiking time. The time assumes hiking a trail, whereas my route is often off-trail and even on technical ground, which is considerably slower. It also assumes no stops (not even for eating and certainly not for sleeping). Based on last summer’s brief experience, allowing 10 hours of hiking per day seems to provide a reasonable conversion of SwissMap Time to JohnHarlin Days. Days and Dates: These use the SwissMap Time > JohnHarlin Days conversion system (10 SwissMap Hours = 1 John Harlin Day). These are clearly VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES. Also: I’ve allowed added day(s) during especially technical sections with lots of climbing, and have built in an additional day to each segment for rest or for catch-up. Note on Section Names and Numbers: The names of end points are reversed and the numbers count down from 9 to 2 because these maps were originally created to go in the other direction, starting from Leysin and heading east (the 2010 plan). I am reversing the direction in 2011 so that I can finish on Mont Dolent, looking down upon my accident site on the Aiguilles Rouge du Mont Dolant. The current profiles (blue graphs) are correctly oriented for summer 2011. Please contact me with questions and comments. Let the adventure begin!
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Note: start and finish locations in each segment’s title are reversed. bdr09_dMartina_Truebbach (from Rhine River across Liechtenstein and Austrian borders to Inn) • 154 km Vertical up: 14,286m Vertical Down: 13,702m SwissMap time: 74 hours • Lots of ridgelines, glaciers in sections, moderate peaks. • 12 days, July 6–17 bdr08_dTirano_Martina (from Inn to Italian border, then past Mustair to Tirano) • 180 km Vertical Up: 17,532 m Vertical Down: 18,107 m SwissMap Time: 87 hours • High easy peaks, ridgelines, deep valley crossings, and the Swiss National Park. • 10 days, July 18–27 bdr07_dSpluga_Tirano (From Tirano over Piz Bernina to Piz Badile, Engadine, and Splügenpass) • 160 km Vertical Up: 21,551m Vertical Down: 19,930m SwissMap Time: 89 hours • Off-trail ridge hiking, technical rock climbing, glaciers, and moderate peaks. Piz Bernina is 4,000m. • 10 days, July 28–August 6 bdr06_dChiasso_Spluga (From Splügenpass to southern point of Ticino) • 152 km Vertical Up: 14,558m Vertical Down: 16,433m • Trail and off-trail hiking back up into high but not-difficult mountains. • 8 days, August 7–14 bdr05_dCentovalli_Chiasso (southern point of Ticino to start of mountains) • 111 km Vertical Up: 7,125 m Vertical Down: 6,872 m • Mixture of paddling, trail/offtrail hill hiking, and urban roads. • 5 days, August 15–19 bdr04_dGondo_Centovalli (Laggo Maggiore to near Simplon Pass) • 129 km Vertical Up: 13,855m Vertical Down: 13,506m • Mixture of alpine ridgelines and off-trail valley crossings. • 8 days, August 20–27 bdr03_dMatterhorn_Gondo (from near Simplon Pass to Matterhorn summit) • 80 km Vertical Up: 10,288m Vertical Down: 6,702m • Many high peaks but little technical difficulty. • 6 days, August 28–September 2
SwissMap Time: 75 hours
SwissMap Time: 44 hours
SwissMap Time: 67 hours
SwissMap Time: 46 hours
bdr02_dTrient_Matterhorn (starts Matterhorn summit and finishes below Mont Dolent, not at Trient) • 79 km Vertical Up: 10,104m Vertical Down: 11,831m SwissMap Time: 45 hours • Most of the hardest climbing on the entire route. Lots of rock, ice, and glaciers. I’ve allowed time for climbing & storms. • 12 days, September 3–14 Fly home on September 15 from Zurich
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bdr09_dMartina_Truebbach (From Rhine River across Liechtenstein and Austrian borders to Inn) • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=103799 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=103799&map=swisstopo • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=103799 • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=103799 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=103799&lang=en • 154 km Vertical up: 14,286m Vertical Down: 13,702m SwissMap time: 74 hours • Lots of ridgelines, glaciers in sections, moderate peaks. • 12 days, July 6–17
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bdr08_dTirano_Martina (Italian border from Inn past Mustair to Tirano) • • • • • • • •
URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104155 URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104155&map=swisstopo URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104155 URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104155 new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104155&lang=en 180 km Vertical Up: 17532 m Vertical Down: 18107 m SwissMap Time: 87 hours High easy peaks, ridgelines, deep valley crossings, and the Swiss National Park. 10 days, July 18–27
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bdr07_dSpluga_Tirano (From Tirano past Piz Bernina, Piz Badile, Engadine, to Splügenpass) • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104387 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104387&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104387 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104387 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104387&lang=en • 160 km Vertical Up: 21,551m Vertical Down: 19,930m SwissMap Time: 89 hours • Off-trail ridge hiking, technical rock climbing, glaciers, and moderate peaks. Piz Bernina is 4,049m. • 10 days, July 28–August 6
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bdr06_dChiasso_Spluga • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104519 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104519&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104519 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104519 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104519&lang=en • 152 km Vertical Up: 14,558m Vertical Down: 16,433m SwissMap Time: 75 hours • Trail and off-trail hiking back up into high but not-difficult mountains. • 8 days, August 7–14
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bdr05_dCentovalli_Chiasso • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104524 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104524&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104524 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104524 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104524&lang=en • 111 km Vertical Up: 7,125 m Vertical Down: 6,872 m SwissMap Time: 44 hours • Mixture of paddling, trail/offtrail hill hiking, and urban roads. • 5 days, August 15–19
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bdr04_dGondo_Centovalli (Laggo Maggiore) • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104527 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104527&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104527 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104527 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104527&lang=en • 129 km Vertical Up: 13,855m Vertical Down: 13,506m SwissMap Time: 67 hours • Mixture of alpine ridgelines and off-trail valley crossings. • 8 days, August 20–27
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bdr03_dMatterhorn_Gondo (near Simplon Pass) • • • • • • • • •
URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104532 URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104532&map=swisstopo URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104532 URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104532 new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104532&lang=en 80 km Vertical Up: 10,288m Vertical Down: 6,702m SwissMap Time: 46 hours Many high peaks but little technical difficulty. 6 days, August 28–September 2
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bdr02_dTrient_Matterhorn (finishes below Mont Dolent, not at Trient) • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=104535 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=104535&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=104535 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=104535 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=104535&lang=en • 79 km Vertical Up: 10,104m Vertical Down: 11,831m SwissMap Time: 45 hours • Most of the hardest climbing on the entire route. Lots of rock, ice, and glaciers. I’ve allowed time for climbing and storms. • 12 days, September 3–14
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(exact) Border (These refer to the exact border, rather than the planned hiking route.) bdr09_Martina_Truebbach • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79189 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79189&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79189 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79189 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79189&lang=en bdr08_Tirano_Martina • URL Map • URL Profile • URL GPX • URL KMZ • new
http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79188 http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79188&map=swisstopo http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79188 http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79188 http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79188&lang=en
bdr07_Spluga_Tirano • URL Map • URL Profile • URL GPX • URL KMZ • new
http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79187 http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79187&map=swisstopo http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79187 http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79187 http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79187&lang=en
bdr06_Chiasso_Spluga • URL Map • URL Profile • URL GPX • URL KMZ • new
http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79186 http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79186&map=swisstopo http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79186 http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79186 http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79186&lang=en
bdr05_Centovalli_Chiasso • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79185 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79185&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79185 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79185 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79185&lang=en bdr04_Gondo_Centovalli • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79184 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79184&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79184 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79184 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79184&lang=en bdr03_Matterhorn_Gondo • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79210 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79210&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79210 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79210 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79210&lang=en bdr02_Trient_Matterhorn • URL Map http://www.geolives.com/mys.php?id_point_interet=79182 • URL Profile http://www.geolives.com/profil.php?id_point_interet=79182&map=swisstopo • URL GPX http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=GPX&id_point_interet=79182 • URL KMZ http://www.geolives.com/index.php?action=trackExport&format=KMZ&id_point_interet=79182 • new http://www.geotrails.ch/myswitzerland/detail.php?trailid=79182&lang=en Swiss Border Stories Harlin Schedule and Maps Links version 9 May 2011c (110509c)
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