The Dischma is a

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on the territory of the Swiss municipality of

Davos Davos (, ; or ; ; Old ) is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian ...

. The name is derived from the ("Tenth"). It is documented as ''decimata'' in the 12th century.

Location

Dischma is the average of the three long, gently sloping, parallel alpine valleys stretching southeast from the Davos

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toward the

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. Its north-eastern neighbour is the Flüela; its southwestern neighbour is the

Sertig The Sertig Valley is located in the municipality of Davos, south of the town, in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a lateral valley of the Landwasser valley. The small village of Sertig Dörfli (at 1,861 m) is accessible by road. ...

valley. The Dischma valley is drained by the Dischmabach. The valley floor is at an altitude of about 1500–2000 meters. The most important side valleys are the ''Rüedisch Tälli'' and ''Rinertälli''.

Settlements

In the valley, there are several small settlements and alpine pastures. Among the most important are, in order from the bottom to the top of the valley: ''In den Büelen'', ''Wildi'' (), ''Uf den Chaiseren'' (), ''In den Stücken'' (), ''Stillberg'' (), ''Hof'' (), ''Teufi'' (), ''Boden'' (), ''Gadmen'' (), ''Am Rin'' (), ''Grossalp'' () and ''Dürrboden'' (). These settlements form the ''Dischma'' neighborhood of the sub-municipality of

Davos Platz Davos (, ; or ; ; Old ) is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian ...

Passes and glaciers

At the end of the valley are the two passes leading into the

: the Scaletta Pass () and with the SAC's ''Grialetschhütte''. This pass was important in the

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and the

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for the import of wine from the

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valley to Davos. At the top of the valley, we find the Scaletta Glacier between Piz Grialetsch () and Scalettahorn ().

Surrounding mountains

Important mountains on the Flüela side are Schwarzhorn (), Piz Radönt (), Sentischhorn () and Baslersch Chopf (). Mountains on the Sertig side include Bocktenhorn (), Jatzhorn () and the Jakobshorn (), which is surrounded by ski lifts. The Dischma and Sertig valleys are also starting points for a multi-day hike to the Piz Kesch, which is an

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, that is, a peak with a

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of over 1500 meters. The hike trail leads from the Dischma valley to the ''Keschhütte'' and around the mountain.
''Um einen Giganten der Schweizer Alpen wandern: Piz Kesch''

Public transport

Bus 13 of the Davos municipal transport company runs a regular service from Davos to Dürrboden.

Footnotes

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