Vorab

Vorab
Vorab and glacier as seen from Piz Grisch
Highest point
Peak	Bündner Vorab
Elevation	3,028 m (9,934 ft)
Prominence	408 m (1,339 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Piz Segnas
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	46°52′26.5″N 9°9′23.6″E / 46.874028°N 9.156556°E / 46.874028; 9.156556
Geography
Vorab Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Vorab Location in the canton of Glarus Show map of Canton of Glarus Vorab Location in the canton of Grisons Show map of Canton of Grisons
Country	Switzerland
Cantons	Glarus / Grisons
Parent range	Glarus Alps

The Vorab is a double summit mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus (GL) and Grisons (Graubünden, GR), Switzerland. The summit (3,028 m [9,934 ft]) is also named Bündner Vorab (lit. 'League's Vorab', referring to Graubünden) to distinguish it from a lower summit (3,018 m [9,902 ft]) named Glarner Vorab (lit. 'Vorab of Glarus').

Territorially, it divides on the municipal areas of Laax (GR) on its eastern face, a narrow southern stripe within Siat (GR) and Elm (GL) on its northwestern face. The secondary peaks that belong to the massive include also the municipalities of Ruschein and Panix in Grisons.

Glacier

The Vorab Glacier runs down the mountain's eastern face, where the valley continues a moderate inclination down towards Flims, where the glacier can be seen, for example, from Lake Cauma. It cannot be seen from the adjacent municipalities on the south, though. The northwestern face, however, consists of a sheer drop towards Elm.

Transport

Since 1979, there is a top station of a platter lift near the Glarner Vorab. This comes up from the terminal station of a gondola lift ending at the edge of the glacier, all of these installations belong to the ski resort of Flims-Laax-Falera,^[2] which uses the name of Laax only for winter marketing.

Gallery

• 
  Northern face of Glarner Vorab, Gletscherhorn in the foreground, down in the valley lies Elm
• 
  Northern face of Glarner Vorab
• 
  Foreground: Lake Cauma and Flims Forest. Background: Crap Sogn Gion (left) and Vorab (white mountain, right). White triangel is Crap Ner, white peak is Ofen (TektonikArena Sardona)

See also

• List of mountains of Graubünden
• List of mountains of the canton of Glarus

References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Bündnerbergjoch (2,620 m [8,600 ft]).
2. "FlimsXLaax". www.flimslaax.com. Retrieved 25 October 2025.

External links

Media related to Vorab at Wikimedia Commons

• Vorab on Hikr