High moor in Amden

A unique high moor of national significance!

He who wanders along the Amden ridge-path comes at the section over the Hintere Höhi through protected moor region: a marshy natural landscape of national importance, overgrown with knee-high mountain pine. On this wet, sour and sterile ground only the skilled survivor can flourish, such as the insect-eating sun dew, the inconspicuous sedge. In the slightly drier boundary area, the so-called heath, whortleberries and alpine roses manage to grow.

Take time and enjoy this unique natural beauty!

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Contact Information

Tourismus Amden-Weesen
Dorfstrasse 22
8873 Amden
Tel. +41 (0)55 611 14 13
Fax +41 (0)55 611 17 06
tourismus@amden.ch
www.amden.ch

The high moor lies on the Amden ridge-path which leads from the chair-lift Mattstock mountain station over the Hintere Höhi Arvenbühl. You reach the high moor on foot in about 50 minutes and for the whole length of the ridge-path you need about 2 1/2 hours.

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Chair-lift Mattstock
From 1st June to 1st November, in good weather, operating daily from
8.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.
1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m.

Hiking day ticket ridge-path

1 chair-lift trip
1 afternoon refreshment
1 bus trip Arvenbüel-Amden village (or reverse)

only CHF 25.00 adults
only CHF 15.00 children

Obtainable in the bus, at chair-lift train Mattstock or at the Amden-Weesen Tourist Office.