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Romansh; ) is a southern side valley from the Engadin">Upper Engadine in Switzerland">Lake Sils into Val Fex
Val Fex (Romansh language">Romansh; ) is a southern side valley from the Engadin">Upper Engadine in Switzerland, located at an altitude of around above sea level. It belongs to the municipality of Sils im Engadin/Segl.
There are a few small hamlets in the valley, such as Fex Platta, Fex Crasta, Vaüglia at its entrance, and Muot and Curtins on the half way. At the very end one finds the ''Alp Muot Selvas'' () at the former (about 150 years ago) foot of the glaciers.
The river
Fedacla runs through the valley, starting at the feet of the three glaciers roughly from south to the north and enters the
Lej da Silvaplauna in the Upper Engadine. The valley is dominated by several high Alpine mountains,
Piz Corvatsch
Piz Corvatsch () is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, overlooking Lake Sils and Lake Silvaplana in the Engadin region of the canton of Grisons. With an elevation of , it is the highest point on the range separating the main Inn val ...
() to the east side of the valley,
Il Chapütschin () in the far back of the valley,
La Muongia () and
Piz Tremoggia () above the glacier
Vadret del Tremoggia,
Piz Fora
Piz Fora is a mountain in the Bernina Range (Alps), on the border of Italy and Switzerland. The mountain has an elevation of and is the tripoint between the valleys of Val Fedoz, Val Fex (both in Graubünden) and Val Malenco (in Lombardy).
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() above the glacier
Vadret da Fex, and
Piz Güz () and
Piz Led () above the third glacier
Vadret dal Güz.
The valley is car-free, except for those belonging to residents. There are two small guest houses / hotels in the valley. A popular local attraction is a tour of the valley by horse sleigh out of
Sils, during both summer and winter.
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Valleys of the Alps
Engadin
Sils im Engadin/Segl