Linthschlucht

Where the young Linth foams through narrow gorges, nature is still wild and untouched. With the impressive Pantenbrugg as the only crossing, the Linth Gorge is an original natural monument.

At the back of the Glarus region, between steeply rising mountains, where the view can only glide unhindered out of the valley, lies Tierfed. Those who get lost here either have their good reasons or are simply lucky. The end of the valley is fabulously remote. Half an hour's walk south of it, the Pantenbrugg, which is a listed building, leads over the deeply cut, narrow Linth Gorge and connects the Kistenpass with Breil/Brigels in the canton of Graubünden and serves as a transition to the Alps in the Sand and Baumgarten. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the bridge with the Linth Gorge became known throughout Europe as a motif of travel writers and landscape painters.
The Linth Gorge begins at the confluence of the Limmeren and Sandbach streams, the much larger source stream, which rises as the Oberstafelbach below the Claridenfirn and from here on bears the name Linth. Even above the gorge, the boulders polished smooth by the water and the washed-out pools bear witness to the irrepressible power of the eternally roaring water. Over a length of 1.4 kilometres, the stream now flows between almost vertical rock faces and in original wildness through the hidden gorge to Tierfed and then, calmer and channelled, further out of the valley towards the large rivers and seas. From the viewing platform below the tunnel at Pantenbrugg, you get a sublime impression of this impressive natural spectacle.
Note: It is dangerous to stay in the riverbed! The hydroelectric power plants can cause sudden flooding at any time, even when the weather is nice!