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Sun, February 23, 2025: First brief hike this year February 2025: Thusis - Domat/Ems .

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3 Days Hike February 2025: Thusis - Domat/Ems

◈ Rothenbrunnen, 2025/02/21 13:34

◈ Bonaduz, 2025/02/22 11:41

3 Days Hike: Thusis - Domat/Ems

A few days with warm weather, actually "foehn" (south wind coming over the alps), so I decided to hike a passage I would otherwise not hike, flat from Thusis to Tamins, and then Chur - yet, I cut the last day short.

Arriving ~10:00 in Thusis, shopping some fresh bread and cheese, and then head to Rhein river, where the hiking trail mostly follows - the grass is still grey or pale, the spring time hasn't kicked in yet. The temperature rises quickly from ~5C to 12C within about an hour, and then further to 17C when "foehn" south wind kicks in, I pull my trousers up to the knee and walk with just two layers of shirts (no jacket) - for 2 hrs a sense of spring. The Hinterrhein I follow, at this day, is crystal clear. Once I reached a nice spot I planned to camp, I pitched the tent ~14:00 - quite early, but a short hike for the first day and also first hike of this year.

◈ Thusis, 2025/02/21 10:40

◈ Thusis, 2025/02/21 11:17

◈ Cazis, 2025/02/21 11:20

◈ Tartar (Δ 702m), 2025/02/21 11:38

◈ Oberrealta, Cazis (Δ 706m), 2025/02/21 12:14

◈ Oberrealta, Cazis (Δ 673m), 2025/02/21 12:36

◈ Rothenbrunnen (Δ 688m), 2025/02/21 12:55

◈ Cazis, 2025/02/21 13:02

2025/02/21 13:11

◈ Rhäzüns, 2025/02/21 13:11

◈ Rhäzüns, 2025/02/21 13:13

◈ Rothenbrunnen, 2025/02/21 13:34

◈ Rothenbrunnen, 2025/02/21 13:35

◈ Rothenbrunnen, 2025/02/21 13:38

◈ Rothenbrunnen, 2025/02/21 13:45

◈ Rothenbrunnen, 2025/02/21 14:00

Temperature dropped to ~3C in the night, but I wait until sun hits the tent through the trees, ~10:00 - at 10:30 I depart. The air quickly warms up, and I drop the jacket again - the forest and grass is pale, reaching Raehzuens castle, and nearby Bonaduz - through zigzag traversing the two Rheins (Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein) - both crystal clear - and then reach Tamins, where I shop a bit again and unlike planned, I only continue a bit and hike up a bit and find an amazing place overseeing the valley.

◈ Rhäzüns (Δ 710m), 2025/02/22 10:50

◈ Rhäzüns, 2025/02/22 10:50

◈ Rhäzüns, 2025/02/22 10:53

◈ Rhäzüns (Δ 701m), 2025/02/22 10:53

◈ Rhäzüns, 2025/02/22 10:53

Rhaezuens Castle
◈ Rhäzüns, 2025/02/22 11:02

◈ Rhäzüns (Δ 691m), 2025/02/22 11:14

◈ Bonaduz, 2025/02/22 11:41

◈ Bonaduz, 2025/02/22 11:45

◈ Bonaduz, 2025/02/22 11:46

Vorderrhein (top-left) & Hinterrhein (bottom) join into Rhein (right)
◈ Domat/Ems, 2025/02/22 12:07

Vorderrhein (top-left) & Hinterrhein (bottom) join into Rhein (right)
◈ Domat/Ems (Δ 587m), 2025/02/22 12:08

◈ Domat/Ems, 2025/02/22 12:08

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 13:28

View to Chur
◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 13:28

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 13:28

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 13:32

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 13:56

View through trees to Chur
◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 13:58

◈ Reichenau, Tamins, 2025/02/22 14:51

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/22 14:51

Long sleep, like previous night, as if I tried to recover from sleep deprevation - around 10:30 leaving the place, and descend to the Rhein, and I decide to cut this last day short and end it in Domat/Ems trainstation, I planned to go further yesterday and today, but the physical endurance isn't build yet. As I took the train ~12:00 direction Zurich, the sky got overcast and a bit rain even - a complete change from where I came from.

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/23 11:11

◈ Tamins, 2025/02/23 11:23

2025/02/23 11:49

Usually the last week of February is the coldest week of the entire year here in Switzerland, not this year - vegetation is still dormant, at the place where I live already tulips are pushing up, not yet show their colors, but soon.

.:.

2025: Various Hikes / Tours

Highlights

3 Days Hike Thusis - Domat/Ems

Friday 2025/02/21: Thusis - Rhaezuens

Saturday 2025/02/22: Rhaezuens - Tamins

Sunday 2025/02/23: Tamins - Domat/Ems