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The Richetli Pass (german: Richetlipass) is a high
mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
in the Glarus Alps in the
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canton of Glarus The canton of Glarus (german: Kanton Glarus rm, Chantun Glaruna; french: Canton de Glaris; it, Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus. The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German. The majority of ...
. The pass crosses between the heads of the valleys of the Linth and the Sernf rivers, using the col between the
Hausstock The Hausstock is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, at an elevation of on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. It overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and the valley of the Vorderrhein river in Graubünde ...
and Kärpf mountains, at an elevation of . The pass is traversed by a trail, which connects the village of Elm, at an elevation of with the village of Linthal, at an elevation of . The trail forms part of the
Alpine Pass Route The Alpine Pass Route is a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps in Switzerland, part of the Via Alpina route. It starts in Sargans in eastern Switzerland, and crosses the heart of country westwards to finish in Montreux on the shore of Lake ...
, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland between Sargans and Montreux.


See also

* List of mountain passes in Switzerland


References


External links


''Rechetli Pass''
on Via Alpina web site
''Richtlipass''
on Hikr web site Mountain passes of the Alps Mountain passes of the canton of Glarus {{Glarus-geo-stub