Val Russein

The Val Russein is a valley of the

Swiss Alps The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...

, located south of the Tödi Group in Graubünden. The valley is drained by the ''Aua da Russein'', a tributary of the

Vorderrhein The Vorderrhein (; ; ; ; ), or Anterior Rhine, is the left of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (the other being the '' Hinterrhein''). It is longer than the ''Hinterrhein'', but has a lower discharge than the latter at their confluence, w ...

, near Cumpadials (962 m). The Val Russein belongs to the municipalities of

Disentis Mustér (, Romansh) or Disentis (German), with its official name Disentis/Mustér is a village and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The skiing and summer tourism resort high up in the Rhine valley is the si ...

and

Sumvitg Sumvitg (; ) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Surselva Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. History Sumvitg is first mentioned in 1175 as ''in Summovico''. Geography Sumvitg has an ...

. Three valleys converge at Alp Cavrein (1,575 m) to form the main Val Russein: Val Cavadiras, Val Gronda da Cavrein and Val Gronda da Russein. The entire valley is approximately 10 kilometres long. The Val Russein includes some of the highest mountains in the canton of Graubünden outside the

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. The highest mountain is the

Tödi The Tödi (), is a mountain massif and with the mountain peak Piz Russein the highest mountain in the Glarus Alps and the highest summit in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Graubünden, to the ...

(also named ''Piz Russein'') with a height of 3,614 metres above sea level. Other high summits overlooking the valley are

Piz Urlaun Piz Urlaun is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Glarus Glarus (; ; ; ; ) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the ...

(3,359 m),

Düssi The Düssi (or Piz Git) is a mountain in the Glarus Alps in central Switzerland, located on the border between the cantons of Uri Uri may refer to: Places * Canton of Uri, a canton in Switzerland * Úri, a village and commune in Hungary * ...

(3,256 m) and Piz Cambrialas (3,208 m). The Val Russein is connected to the canton of

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by the Fuorcla Cavadiras (2,609 m) and to the canton of

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