The Dischma is a

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

on the territory of the Swiss municipality of

Davos , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = } Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos R ...

. The name is derived from the la, decimus ("Tenth"). It is documented as ''decimata'' in the 12th century.

Location

Dischma is the average of the three long, gently sloping, parallel alpine valleys stretching southeast from the Davos

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ha ...

toward the

Engadin The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ' ...

. Its north-eastern neighbour is the Flüela; its southwestern neighbour is the

Sertig The Sertig Valley is located in the municipality of Davos, south of the town, in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a lateral valley of the Landwasser valley. The small village of Sertig Dörfli (at 1,861 m) is accessible by road. ...

valley. The Dischma valley is drained by the

Dischmabach The Dischmabach is a river of approximately 15 km long in the river system of Albula. It drains the Dischma valley, its catchment area lies mainly in the area of the Swiss municipality of Davos. The source Dischmabach has two equal headwa ...

. The valley floor is at an altitude of about 1500–2000 meters. The most important side valleys are the ''Rüedisch Tälli'' and ''Rinertälli''.

Settlements

In the valley, there are several small settlements and alpine pastures. Among the most important are, in order from the bottom to the top of the valley: ''In den Büelen'', ''Wildi'' (), ''Uf den Chaiseren'' (), ''In den Stücken'' (), ''Stillberg'' (), ''Hof'' (), ''Teufi'' (), ''Boden'' (), ''Gadmen'' (), ''Am Rin'' (), ''Grossalp'' () and ''Dürrboden'' (). These settlements form the ''Dischma'' neighborhood of the sub-municipality of

Davos Platz , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = } Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos R ...

Passes and glaciers

At the end of the valley are the two passes leading into the

: the

Scaletta Pass Scaletta Pass ( Romansh: ''Cuolm S-chaletta'', german: Scalettapass) (el. 2315 m) is a mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies in the Albula Range of the Alps. The path from Dischma leads to Cinuos-chel in the Inn Vall ...

( rm, Cuolm S-chaletta) and with the SAC's ''Grialetschhütte''. This pass was important in the

Late Middle Ages The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the Periodization, period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Eur ...

and the Early Modern Period for the import of wine from the

Valtellina Valtellina or the Valtelline (occasionally spelled as two words in English: Val Telline; rm, Vuclina (); lmo, Valtelina or ; german: Veltlin; it, Valtellina) is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Toda ...

valley to Davos. At the top of the valley, we find the Scaletta Glacier between

Piz Grialetsch Piz Grialetsch is a mountain of the Albula Alps, Switzerland, overlooking the Fuorcla da Grialetsch in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range between the Dischma and Engadin The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the t ...

() and Scalettahorn ().

Surrounding mountains

Important mountains on the Flüela side are Schwarzhorn (),

Piz Radönt Piz Radönt is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking the Fuorcla da Grialetsch in the canton of Graubünden. It lies south of the Flüela Schwarzhorn, on the range between the Dischma The Dischma is a valley on the territory of the Swis ...

(),

Sentischhorn The Sentischhorn (also spelled ''Sentisch Horn'') (2,827 m) is a mountain of the Albula Alps, located east of Davos , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = ...

() and Baslersch Chopf (). Mountains on the Sertig side include

Bocktenhorn The Bocktenhorn is a mountain of the Albula Alps The Albula Alps are a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps, more specifically the Western Rhaetian Alps. They are named a ...

(), Jatzhorn () and the

Jakobshorn The Jakobshorn () is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is also one of the five skiing regions of the Davos Klosters Mountains, offering 14 pistes. Located at the northern end of the rang ...

(), which is surrounded by ski lifts. The Dischma and Sertig valleys are also starting points for a multi-day hike to the

Piz Kesch Piz Kesch (German language, German) or Piz d'Es-cha (Romansh language, Rumantsch) is a peak in the Albula Alps of the Rhaetian Alps in Switzerland. At , it is the highest peak in the Albula Alps and the municipality of Bergün, Grisons. The fir ...

, which is an

ultra prominent peak An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500. The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...

, that is, a peak with a

topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

of over 1500 meters. The hike trail leads from the Dischma valley to the ''Keschhütte'' and around the mountain.
''Um einen Giganten der Schweizer Alpen wandern: Piz Kesch''

Public transport

Bus 13 of the Davos municipal transport company runs a regular service from Davos to Dürrboden.

Footnotes

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