Flüeseen
General
information:
The Flüeseen tarns above the Stallerberg are crowned by an
impressive backdrop of mountains. A popular detour on hikes between
Bivio and Juf. Flüeseen can be reach from the
village Juf. It is a village in the municipality
of Avers in the canton of
Graubünden,
Switzerland. At
2126 m above sea level, it is the highest village with permanent
residents in Switzerland and in Europe. It has a population
of about 24 inhabitants divided over 6 families. They were 20 in
1991 and 30 in 2001. The first inhabitants were immigrant Walser who arrived in
1292. Just above the village is an old farmhouse, the
Platten-hof, birthplace of writer
Johann Rudolf Stoffel. This is considered the highest farmhouse
in Europe.
From Juf the trail goes east, following the Treia upstream as far
as the shoulder of the Stallerberg (2,579 m), where you can enjoy
superb views of the surrounding mountains.
A short detour to the Flüeseen tarns at 2,682 m is certainly worth
the effort.
Hiking time from the village Juf will take you approximately 1 hour
and 50 minues.
A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be
called a cirque. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond. Its
more specific use as a mountain lake emerges as it is the commonly
used term for all ponds in
the mountainous areas of Northern England, particularly
Cumbria. Here, it
retains a broader use, referring to any small lake or pond,
regardless of its location and origin. In Scandinavian languages a
tjern or tjärn, tärn or tjørn is a
small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation close
around it or growing into the lake.
Glacial action forming a tarn
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