As of: 2 October 2026

Wild camping in Samedan

Samedan is a village on the Inn plain, but most of the commune is high ground: the Val Muragl and, in a separate piece, the Val Roseg up to Piz Bernina. Camping on public ground is banned, except one tent pitched briefly above the forest line on a mountain tour.

Leon Helg
Leon Helg · Legal situation checked in October 2026
What do these mean?

Illegal A specific rule bans it, usually with a fine, and it can be enforced. Sleep somewhere else.

Not allowed No real place to camp here. A gated site, a developed area, or nowhere sensible to lie down, even if no fine is attached.

It depends You can sleep here, but there's a condition first: ask the landowner, book a spot, stay inside a set zone, or use a bivvy instead of a tent. The report says which.

Tolerated No rule clearly allows or bans it, but a single night is accepted in practice and nobody enforces against it. Normal for high bivouacs above the treeline.

Legal Camping one night is fine here. Either a rule allows it, or we checked every law and found nothing against it. Still: pitch late, leave early, no trace.

What "wild camping" means here: one night. A small tent or a bivvy bag, up towards evening, gone in the morning. Not a base camp, not a camper van. Most Swiss bans are written against camping; whether a single night also falls under them depends on the exact wording, so this article checks that wording. The full difference: wild camping vs bivouacking.

Wild camping in Samedan: a village, two high valleys and a game reserve

Samedan is two pieces of ground. The village part, 50.4 km², holds the village at 1'707 m, the Inn plain with Engadin Airport and the golf course, and both campsites. Above it rise Piz Padella and Piz Ot to the north-west, and Muottas Muragl with the Val Muragl and the Val Champagna to the east. The second piece, 63.4 km² and not joined to the first, is most of the Val Roseg south of Pontresina: the Hotel Roseg Gletscher, the Lej da Vadret, the Coaz and Tschierva huts and the peaks from Piz Corvatsch to Piz Bernina, whose summit the boundary with Pontresina crosses.6

A night out happens in two places. In the Val Muragl, the high valley behind Muottas Muragl with the Lej Muragl at 2'714 m, and on the west side of the Val Roseg, along the trail from the Fuorcla Surlej to the Coaz hut. Both lie far above the forest line, which ends at about 2'260 m on the slope above Punt Muragl and at about 2'190 m in the Val Roseg. The village, the airfield, the Inn plain and the forest belt are where the ban applies in full.71

The rule: one tent above the forest line, on a mountain tour

Samedan bans camping on public ground and makes one exception for the mountains. Art. 14 of the police law adopted by the Gemeindeversammlung on 12 April 2007 bans "Campieren in Zelten, Wohnmobilen und dergleichen" on public ground in its first paragraph; a partial revision of 29 June 2026 added, according to the official notice, a ban on fireworks and sky lanterns. The second paragraph reads:1

"Ausgenommen von diesem Verbot sind die von der Gemeinde für das Campieren speziell bezeichneten Stellen sowie das kurzfristige Aufstellen von einzelnen Zelten über der Waldgrenze im Rahmen von Hochgebirgstouren. Auf Gesuch kann der Gemeindevorstand weitere Ausnahmen bewilligen."Polizeigesetz der Gemeinde Samedan, Art. 14 para. 2. In English: exempt from this ban are the places specially designated by the commune for camping and the short-term pitching of single tents above the forest line in the course of high-mountain tours. On request, the Gemeindevorstand may grant further exceptions.

Four conditions, and then nobody has to say yes. Single tents, not a group camp; a short stay, which for a hiker means one night, pitched late and struck early; above the forest line; and as part of a high-mountain tour. Meet all four outside the federal game reserve, which no commune can open, and you need no permit.14

"Hochgebirgstour" is not defined. The act does not say what counts as a high-mountain tour, and the commune publishes no guidance on it or on where its forest line runs. In ordinary German it is a tour through the high mountains, wider than the alpinist's "Hochtour" on a glacier. A night on a route over a pass fits: from Muottas Muragl past the Lej Muragl and on over the Fuorcla Muragl, or from the Fuorcla Surlej down to the Coaz hut. A tent carried up the funicular to sleep beside the hotel at Muottas Muragl does not. If your plan sits in between, ask the commune, which decides and can grant an exception.1

A bivvy bag is not named. The ban covers camping in tents, motorhomes "und dergleichen", and whether a bivvy bag without a tent counts as the like is untested. Above the forest line on a tour it makes no difference, because the tent itself is allowed there. Below it, treat the bivvy bag like a tent.1

The high ground is public ground, which is why the exception was needed. Under the commune's alp law the alps and pastures belong to the Bürgergemeinde and are used and run by the political commune, and Graubünden gives land without another owner, rock and scree included, to the political commune. So practically all the ground above the forest line is public. On a private parcel, such as a hotel's or a hut's, the owner decides instead.3

What it costs. Camping on public ground outside the exception is a fixed fine of CHF 100, item 20.f.1 of the commune's list of fixed fines of 25 April 2022. Refuse the ticket and the Gemeindevorstand decides in ordinary proceedings, up to CHF 10'000 (Art. 23); without a Swiss residence you leave the amount as a deposit if you do not pay on the spot (Art. 24). From 15 May to 30 September the hay meadows in the valley may not be entered at all, CHF 50 (Art. 22).12

Graubünden adds no camping rule for the public, so the commune's ban and its exception are the whole answer here. How the levels fit together across the canton is in the Graubünden overview, and across the country in the national overview.5

The Tschierva side of the Val Roseg is a federal game reserve

About half of the Val Roseg piece is federal game reserve no. 17 Bernina-Albris. Graubünden's ordinance on wildlife reserves draws its line through the Lej da Vadret, the glacier lake at 2'160 m, and down the main stream below it, the Ova da Roseg. East of that line lie the Tschierva hut, the Lejin da Misaun, the east shore of the lake and most of the plain at its outflow. The west side, with Alp Ota, the Coaz trail and the Coaz hut, is outside.56

Inside, a federal ban applies that the commune's exception cannot lift. Art. 5 para. 1 lit. e of the federal ordinance on game reserves (VEJ) bans free tenting and camping, and the federal list of fixed fines prices it at CHF 150 (OBV, Anhang 2 Ziff. 12005). Only the canton may grant an exception, and it publishes none for Bernina-Albris. The reserve has an integral and a partial part, and the ban holds in both.45

You can see the line. On the ground the canton paints reserve boundaries red and yellow, with the red on the reserve side. On your phone, open map.geo.admin.ch with the game reserves layer and compare it with your position. The bench by the Coaz trail lies 845 m outside the line; the Tschierva hut lies more than 2 km inside it.56

Place by place: where the exception works and where it does not

  • Val Muragl and Lej Muragl, 2'714 m: yes. The high valley behind Muottas Muragl lies about 450 m above the forest line, and no federal protected area reaches the bench above the lake. South of the lake lies a rock glacier, and the flat spots on the shore sit right by the water and the path; the place to pitch is the Plaun da la Marenda, 132 m from the water.67
  • West side of the Val Roseg, on the Coaz trail: yes. About 400 m above the forest line and outside the game reserve. The bench below the Plaun dals Süts lies in the federal landscape inventory, object BLN 1908, and in the Emerald site Val Roseg; both bind the authorities and carry no rule for a camper.67
  • Lej da Vadret, 2'160 m: no. The reserve line runs through the lake: the east shore and most of the outflow plain are inside, CHF 150. The strip by the path on the west side lies only 24 to 76 m outside, in a floodplain of national importance and a Ramsar site, and the lake sits at forest height, since larch and arolla pine climb to about 2'190 m in this valley. The exception is doubtful there; walk up to the bench.567
  • Chamanna da Tschierva and Lejin da Misaun: no. Both lie in the reserve, the hut in its integral part, 2'066 m from the edge: CHF 150, whatever the commune's rule says. The night there is a bed in the hut.46
  • Muottas Muragl, 2'450 to 2'570 m: no. The funicular summit, with the Romantik Hotel, the top station, a playground and a web of marked paths, is a destination of its own, not a stage of a mountain tour. The exception is not written for a night beside a hotel, so expect the ban and its CHF 100.17
  • Fuorcla Surlej, 2'755 m: no. The pass, with its Berghaus and a trail junction on bare slabs, sits on the boundary with Silvaplana and leaves no ground for a tent. Walk on south: the bench below the Plaun dals Süts lies 3 km away as the crow flies, by the Coaz trail.7
  • The floor of the Val Roseg: no. Its entrance is Pontresina's ground, where camping is banned on the whole commune and again in the landscape protection zone on the slopes at the mouth of the valley; the Val Morteratsch report sets out Pontresina's rule. Further in, the floor is Samedan's but below the forest line. The valley road is closed to motor vehicles: you walk in or take a horse carriage from Pontresina.8
  • The village, the airfield, the Inn plain and the forest: no. Below the forest line the exception does not apply, so camping on public ground costs CHF 100, and the hay meadows are closed from 15 May to 30 September. The places the commune designates for camping are its two campsites.123

How it is possible: two benches above the forest line

Make it a tour. Walk in, carry one small tent, pitch towards evening, strike at first light and walk on. That is the night Art. 14 para. 2 describes, and outside the game reserve it needs nobody's permission.1

Above the Lej Muragl: the bench on the Plaun da la Marenda. At 46.51008 N, 9.93798 E (LV95 2'791'795 / 1'154'030), 2'758 m, a patch of alpine grass with scattered stones slopes about 3 degrees. It lies 132 m from the shore and about 40 m above it, 39 m from the path to the Fuorcla Val Champagna and 237 m from the nearest stream, and it holds one tent, not a group.76

In the Val Roseg: the bench below the Plaun dals Süts. At 46.40186 N, 9.83865 E (LV95 2'784'543 / 1'141'767), 2'629 m, alpine grass with scattered boulders slopes about 4 degrees, 51 m from the trail between the Fuorcla Surlej and the Coaz hut, 845 m outside the game reserve and 662 m from the shore of the Lej da Vadret. Stay off the wet flat about 300 m to the west-south-west.76

By the Coaz hut, ask first. The hut stands on a rock knoll; the grassy flat 150 m west of it, at 2'612 m beside the trail, belongs to the hut's surroundings. Ask the hut team before you pitch there. The hut is staffed until 4 October 2026 and again from 20 March 2027.97

For any other night, ask the commune. Below the forest line, several tents, a night without a tour: the second sentence of Art. 14 para. 2 lets the commune grant further exceptions on request. Since 1 January 2026 its Geschäftsleitung decides them, and a decision costs CHF 50 to 200 as a rule (Art. 25). Gemeindeverwaltung Samedan, Plazzet 4, 7503 Samedan, +41 81 851 07 07, gemeinde@samedan.ch.1

Winter is different. From 20 December to 30 April the wildlife rest zones around Muottas Muragl, the Val Champagna and the Val Roseg, and the commune's forest and wildlife protection zones, may not be entered off the marked routes. The two benches lie outside them; the approaches pass close.63

  • The bench on the Plaun da la Marenda, 2'758 m, above the Lej Muragl. 46.51008 N, 9.93798 E: one tent, one night, on a tour.7
  • The bench below the Plaun dals Süts, 2'629 m, by the Coaz trail. 46.40186 N, 9.83865 E, 845 m outside the game reserve.76
  • Chamanna Coaz CAS, 2'610 m. Staffed from 20 June to 4 October 2026 and from 20 March to 25 April 2027; your own sleeping-bag liner is mandatory; +41 81 842 62 78, info@coaz.ch.9
  • Camping Gravatscha, 1'707 m, by the Lej da Gravatscha. Tents welcome, open until 8 November 2026. On the price list in force since May 2025 an adult pays CHF 16 a night and a small tent for up to three people CHF 9; +41 76 253 77 36, info@camping-gravatscha.ch.10
  • TCS Camping Samedan at Punt Muragl: closed. Under renovation from 1 September 2026 until spring 2027; the reception reopens on 28 May 2027.10

General rules for wild camping

This applies wherever you are genuinely allowed to sleep outside, which in Samedan means one small tent above the forest line on a tour, outside the game reserve, never a group. Keep away from grazing animals and the alp huts, carry your water and leave nothing behind.

  • No fire. An open fire has no place in the mountains. A gas stove is enough.
  • Pitch late, strike early. Set up towards evening, gone again early. A bivouac is one night, not a base camp.
  • Leave no rubbish. Everything you carry up you carry down, organic scraps and toilet paper included.
  • At least 50 metres from any water for the big business, so you do not foul what people and livestock drink.
  • Stay small and quiet. A small group, no speaker, no drone, dogs on the lead, and the alp staff's word goes.

Disclaimer

This article reflects my research and assessment to the best of my knowledge, as of October 2026, based on the official and public sources below. It does not replace legal advice and is not a binding statement by a public authority.

Communal rules, opening dates and prices change. Nobody at the commune was asked how narrowly it reads "Hochgebirgstour" or where it draws the forest line, and the text of the police-law revision of 29 June 2026 could not be read: Art. 14 is cited as published in 2007, which the official notice of the revision and the commune's rules of procedure of January 2026 bear out. Parcel ownership was not looked up in the land register, and the benches were judged from official aerial imagery and the federal elevation model, not surveyed on site. Before every tour, check the current sources yourself and follow instructions on site. A genuine emergency bivouac in distress is a separate question from a planned night. Anyone who spends the night outside bears responsibility for their own conduct and its consequences. Hikebeast, Leon Helg and Saftladen GmbH accept no liability for decisions made on the basis of this text, and call on no one to break applicable law.

Frequently asked questions

Is wild camping allowed in Samedan?
Yes, for one tent above the forest line on a mountain tour. Art. 14 para. 1 of the Samedan police law bans camping in tents, motorhomes and the like on public ground; para. 2 exempts the short-term pitching of single tents above the forest line in the course of high-mountain tours. That covers a night on the bench above the Lej Muragl or by the Coaz trail in the Val Roseg. Below the forest line the ban applies, CHF 100, and the Tschierva side of the Val Roseg is federal game reserve no. 17 Bernina-Albris, CHF 150.
What counts as a high-mountain tour?
The act does not say, so stay with the obvious case. The Samedan police law does not define "Hochgebirgstour", and the commune publishes no guidance. A night on a route through the mountains, over a pass or from one valley to the next, fits the ordinary meaning. A tent carried up the funicular to sleep beside the hotel at Muottas Muragl does not, and neither does a camp below the forest line. When in doubt, ask the commune for an exception under Art. 14 para. 2, on +41 81 851 07 07.
Where does the game reserve start in the Val Roseg?
At the Lej da Vadret and the main stream below it. Graubünden's ordinance on wildlife reserves (VWSG, BR 740.200) runs the line of federal game reserve no. 17 Bernina-Albris through the glacier lake and down the Ova da Roseg. The Tschierva hut, the Lejin da Misaun, the east shore and most of the outflow plain are inside; the Coaz trail and the Coaz hut are outside. On the ground the line is painted red and yellow, red on the reserve side, and map.geo.admin.ch shows it in the game reserves layer.
What is the fine?
CHF 100 on public ground in Samedan, CHF 150 in the game reserve. Samedan's list of fixed fines prices unlawful camping on public ground under Art. 14 para. 1 at CHF 100, item 20.f.1; if you refuse it, the Gemeindevorstand decides in ordinary proceedings, up to CHF 10'000 (Art. 23). In federal game reserve no. 17 Bernina-Albris, free tenting and camping cost CHF 150 under the federal list of fixed fines (OBV, Anhang 2 Ziff. 12005). Entering the hay meadows between 15 May and 30 September costs CHF 50.
Where can I sleep in the valley instead?
At Camping Gravatscha, the campsite that is open. It lies at 1'707 m by the Lej da Gravatscha, takes tents and is open until 8 November 2026; on its price list an adult pays CHF 16 a night and a small tent CHF 9, +41 76 253 77 36. TCS Camping Samedan at Punt Muragl is closed for renovation until spring 2027. Up in the Val Roseg, the Chamanna Coaz CAS is staffed until 4 October 2026, +41 81 842 62 78.
Leon Helg

Leon Helg

Swiss filmmaker and software developer. Spends his free time in the Swiss Alps and maps his favourite spots for Hikebeast. Posts as @leon.helg on Instagram and TikTok.

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Sources

  1. Gemeinde Samedan, Polizeigesetz der Gemeinde Samedan, adopted by the Gemeindeversammlung on 12 April 2007, in force on adoption (Art. 28). Art. 14 "Campieren", para. 1: "Auf öffentlichem Grund ist das Campieren in Zelten, Wohnmobilen und dergleichen verboten." Para. 2 is quoted in the text. Art. 22: "Das Betreten und Befahren der Heuwiesen ist während der Vegetationszeit vom 15. Mai bis 30. September untersagt." Art. 23 para. 1: a fine of up to CHF 10'000 in ordinary proceedings by the Gemeindevorstand; para. 2: a list of fixed fines of up to CHF 300. Art. 24 para. 3: "Bezahlt ein Täter, der nicht in der Schweiz Wohnsitz hat, die Busse nicht sofort, so hat er den Betrag zu hinterlegen oder eine andere angemessene Sicherheit zu leisten." Art. 25: procedural costs "in der Regel" of CHF 50 to 200. Partial revision adopted by the Gemeindeversammlung on 29 June 2026, in force since 1 July 2026: the official notice and the press describe a ban on fireworks and sky lanterns and do not mention Art. 14. The revised text could not be obtained from the commune's website; Art. 14 is cited from the version archived on 12 May 2026, which the rules of procedure below still cite. Geschäftsordnung für den Gemeindevorstand und die Geschäftsleitung, in force since 1 January 2026, approved by the Gemeindevorstand on 5 January 2026, Art. 9 item 22, a power of the Geschäftsleitung: "Ausnahmebewilligungen für das Campieren gemäss Art. 14 Abs. 2 des kommunalen Polizeigesetzes". Gemeindeverwaltung Samedan, Plazzet 4, 7503 Samedan, +41 81 851 07 07, gemeinde@samedan.ch. Polizeigesetz (PDF), archived copy of 12 May 2026, Engadiner Post, official notice 6368, Geschäftsordnung (PDF), contact. ↩
  2. Gemeinde Samedan, Ordnungsbussenverordnung, issued by the Gemeindevorstand on 25 April 2022 under Art. 23 para. 2 of the communal police law and Art. 36k of the cantonal police law. Art. 2, list of fixed fines, item 20.f.1: "Unzulässiges Campieren auf öffentlichem Grund (Art. 14 Abs. 1 GPolG)", CHF 100; item 20.k.2: "Betreten und Befahren von Heuwiesen" during the growing season or the published dates (Art. 22 of the police law), CHF 50. Ordnungsbussenverordnung (PDF). ↩
  3. Ownership and zoning. Gemeinde Samedan, Ledscha d'alps e pasculs, Art. 1: "Alps e pasculs da la vschinauncha da Samedan sun proprieted da la corporaziun da vschins. La giodida da quaista proprieted aspetta a la vschinauncha politica e fuorma üna part da l'administraziun cumünela." In English: the alps and pastures belong to the Bürgergemeinde; their use lies with the political commune as part of the communal administration. Canton of Graubünden, Einführungsgesetz zum Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuch (EGzZGB, BR 210.100), version in force since 1 January 2026, Art. 118: "Boden, der keinen anderen Eigentümer hat, gehört der politischen Gemeinde (Art. 664)." Baugesetz der Gemeinde Samedan, adopted on 8 December 2022 and approved by the Regierung on 12 September 2023 (RB no. 723/2023), Art. 37 para. 2, Wald- und Wildschonzone: "Die in dieser Zone befindlichen Gebiete dürfen in der Zeit vom 20. Dezember bis zum 30. April grundsätzlich nicht betreten und nicht befahren werden.", except marked paths and routes; Art. 43: the Campingzone is for campsites. Cadastre of public-law restrictions of Graubünden: the parcels of the Val Muragl (1451) and of the Val Roseg (1322) carry agricultural or other communal zoning, landscape protection and, in the Val Roseg, a Ruhezone, with no nature protection zone; the two campsites lie in the Campingzone, on parcels 1989 (Gravatscha) and 1086 (Punt Muragl). Ledscha d'alps (PDF), gr-lex, BR 210.100, Baugesetz (PDF), ÖREB Graubünden. ↩
  4. Verordnung über die eidgenössischen Jagdbanngebiete (VEJ), SR 922.31: "Bernina-Albris" is federal game reserve no. 17. Art. 5 para. 1 lit. e: "Das freie Zelten und Campieren ist verboten. Vorbehalten bleibt die Benutzung offizieller Zeltplätze. Die Kantone können Ausnahmen bewilligen." Ordnungsbussenverordnung (OBV), SR 314.11, Anhang 2 Ziff. 12005: "Freies Zelten oder Campieren in eidgenössischen Jagdbanngebieten", CHF 150. fedlex.admin.ch (VEJ), fedlex.admin.ch (OBV). ↩
  5. Canton of Graubünden, Verordnung über die Wildschutzgebiete (VWSG), BR 740.200, version in force since 1 September 2023. Art. 5 para. 2: "Die Grenzen der eidgenössischen Jagdbanngebiete und der kantonalen Wildschutzgebiete sind im Gelände mit roter und gelber Farbe gekennzeichnet. Rot befindet sich auf der Seite des Wildschutzgebiets." Anhang 1, "700. Bernina-Albris": from the national border the line runs over the "Fuorcla da la Sella", the "Vadret da la Sella" and "Pt. 2587" to the "Lej dal Vadret (2160)", along the "Hauptbach Ova da Roseg", then over a marker to the "Wanderweg Tschiervahütte", "Pt. 1994", the "Fahrweg Val Roseg" and the "Alp Prüma Brücke". The VWSG has no rule on camping; the cantonal reserves on Samedan ground, the marmot reserve no. 708 Muottas Muragl and the waterfowl reserve no. 714 Isla Glischa, restrict hunting (Art. 9 and 10), and the hunting operations ordinance (JBV, BR 740.025) restricts tents for hunters only (Art. 13). Federal Office for the Environment, object sheet "17. Bernina-Albris": "Das Banngebiet umfasst einen integralen (I) und einen partiellen (II) Teil." gr-lex, BR 740.200, object sheet JBG 17 (PDF). ↩
  6. Official federal geodata (geo.admin.ch), read on 1 and 2 October 2026. Commune of Samedan, current boundary: 113.79 km² in two parts, the village part of 50.37 km² (village, Inn plain, Engadin Airport, golf course, campsites, Piz Ot, Muottas Muragl, Val Muragl, Val Champagna) and the Val Roseg piece of 63.42 km², up to the boundary with Pontresina on the Piz Bernina summit. Federal game reserve no. 17 Bernina-Albris covers 3'295.5 ha of the Val Roseg piece, 2'541.1 ha integral and 754.5 ha partial, 52 % of it; the village part has no game reserve. Distances to the reserve line: Chamanna da Tschierva inside the integral part, 2'066 m from the edge; Lejin da Misaun inside the partial part; the strip by the path at the outflow of the Lej da Vadret 24 to 76 m outside; Alp Ota 474 m, Chamanna Coaz 766 m, the bench below the Plaun dals Süts 845 m and the flat west of the Coaz hut 916 m outside. At the bench on the Plaun da la Marenda, LV95 2'791'795 / 1'154'030: no federal protected area. At the bench below the Plaun dals Süts, LV95 2'784'543 / 1'141'767: BLN object no. 1908 "Oberengadiner Seenlandschaft und Berninagruppe" and Emerald site no. 10 "Val Roseg". At the strip by the Lej da Vadret also floodplain no. 1235 "Vadret da Roseg" and Ramsar site no. 11 "Vadret da Roseg". Wildlife rest zones, all closed from 20 December to 30 April: no. 132 Muottas, Val Champagna, Tschainas; no. 150 Muntatsch, Clavadatsch; no. 38 Val Roseg; none at either bench. The BLN binds the authorities (NHG, SR 451, Art. 6); for floodplains the cantons see to it that recreational use matches the protection aim (Auenverordnung, SR 451.31, Art. 4 and 5). map.geo.admin.ch (game reserves), fedlex.admin.ch (NHG), fedlex.admin.ch (Auenverordnung). ↩
  7. Terrain and map data, read on 1 and 2 October 2026. Federal Office for the Environment, habitat map of Switzerland: larch and arolla forest reaches about 2'260 m on the slope above Punt Muragl and about 2'190 m on the west slope of the Val Roseg above Alp Ota; the valley floor around the Lej da Vadret, 2'000 to 2'160 m, is open gravel and pioneer vegetation. Swisstopo swissALTI3D (2 m, 2023) and SWISSIMAGE (10 cm): the bench on the Plaun da la Marenda, LV95 2'791'795 / 1'154'030, WGS84 46.51008 / 9.93798, 2'758 m, slopes about 3 degrees, alpine grass with scattered stones, 132 m from the shore of the Lej Muragl and about 40 m above it, 39 m from the path to the Fuorcla Val Champagna and 237 m from the nearest stream; south of the lake lies a rock glacier of boulder furrows. The bench below the Plaun dals Süts, LV95 2'784'543 / 1'141'767, WGS84 46.40186 / 9.83865, 2'629 m, slopes about 4 degrees, alpine grass with scattered boulders and granite slabs to the east, 51 m from the trail from the Fuorcla Surlej to the Chamanna Coaz, 662 m from the shore of the Lej da Vadret and 456 m from the nearest mapped stream; a wet flat lies at LV95 2'784'255 / 1'141'639. Swisstopo places the field names Plaun da la Marenda 60 m west of the first bench and Plaun dals Süts 237 m west-south-west of the second. The Chamanna Coaz stands on a rock knoll; a grassy flat at LV95 2'784'209 / 1'139'719, 2'612 m, slopes about 3 degrees beside the trail 150 m west of the hut. Muottas Muragl is a broad rounded summit at 2'570 m with marked paths 3 to 10 m from its level ground and the hotel and the funicular 650 m to the south-west. The Fuorcla Surlej holds the Berghaus, a trail junction and granite slabs. Paths, streams and shores from OpenStreetMap (map data, not an official source). swissALTI3D, openstreetmap.org. ↩
  8. The floor of the Val Roseg. Reglement für das Befahren der Rosegtalstrasse mit Motorfahrzeugen und Pferdegespannen, issued by the communes of Samedan and Pontresina, Art. 4: "Auf der Rosegtalstrasse besteht ein Fahrverbot für Motorwagen, Motorräder und Motorfahrräder."; Art. 6: commercial horse carriages need a permit from both communes. Gemeinde Pontresina, Gesetz über den Schutz der Val Roseg, adopted by the Gemeindeversammlung on 25 March 1976: Art. 1 makes the area at the entrance of the valley, from Muot Dadour over Muot d'Mez and Muot Dadains to the Samedan boundary, a landscape protection zone; Art. 2 para. 2 bans in it "zu campieren, respektive Campingplätze anzulegen". Polizeigesetz der Gemeinde Pontresina, Art. 26 "Campingverbot": "Auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Pontresina ist das Campieren, d.h. das Aufstellen von Zelten, Wohnwagen und Wohnmobilen zur Übernachtung, nur an den von den Behörden bezeichneten Stellen erlaubt." Reglement Rosegtalstrasse (PDF), Gesetz über den Schutz der Val Roseg (PDF, archived), Polizeigesetz Pontresina (PDF). ↩
  9. Chamanna Coaz CAS, SAC Sektion Rätia, 2'610 m, on Samedan ground with a Pontresina postal address, read on 1 October 2026: summer season 20 June to 4 October 2026, winter season 20 March to 25 April 2027; wardens Andrea and Martin Walliser; rooms with several beds, a silk or cotton sleeping-bag liner of your own is mandatory; +41 81 842 62 78, info@coaz.ch. coaz.ch. ↩
  10. Campsites, read on 1 October 2026. Camping Gravatscha, Plazza Aviatica 27, 7503 Samedan, 1'707 m, by the Lej da Gravatscha, in the Campingzone: summer season 13 April to 8 November 2026; price list "ab Mai 2025", per night including VAT: adult CHF 16, young people 12 to 15 CHF 9, children 9 to 11 CHF 5, small tent for up to 3 people CHF 9, large tent CHF 12, dog CHF 4; free cancellation up to 14 days before arrival; +41 76 253 77 36, info@camping-gravatscha.ch. TCS Camping Samedan, Via da Bernina 2, Punt Muragl, 7503 Samedan: "Vom 1. September 2026 bis zum Frühling 2027 ist der Campingplatz geschlossen, da Renovierungsarbeiten durchgeführt werden."; the reception reopens on 28 May 2027; +41 81 842 81 97, camping.samedan@tcs.ch. camping-gravatscha.ch, price list (PDF), camping.tcs.ch. ↩