Summit experience T4 - Piz Badus (Six Madun)

In his accounts, he reports on an adventurous undertaking over a glacier, which we can hardly imagine today. He described Lake Toma as follows: "This lake, 200 paces wide and 400 paces long, is the basin from which the anterior Rhine takes its origin. It is a beautiful area and thus worthy to be the source of such a river."

We start the route at the Oberalp Pass and join the hiking groups flocking to Lake Toma. The lake, considered the source of the Rhine, is one of the most beautiful places in the region. It lies nestled in a hollow at the foot of Piz Badus, which is why the lake is also called the "Cradle of the Rhine" in the Romansh language. We let the impressive scenery absorb us, but we are drawn upwards towards the summit. We soon find the trail traces at the far end of the lake and ascend over meadows to the ridge. We keep looking back, admiring the lake whose water shines up to us in the most beautiful blue. The last section to the summit is rocky and partially exposed. There is only little space around the summit cross to sit and plenty of air all around. And the view - phenomenal!

Option: Skip the loop to the Maighelhütte (saves about 1 hour)