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The Dischma is a valley on the territory of the Swiss municipality of
Dischma is the average of the three long, gently sloping, parallel alpine valleys stretching southeast from the Davos plateau toward the Engadin. Its north-eastern neighbour is the Flüela; its southwestern neighbour is the
''Um einen Giganten der Schweizer Alpen wandern: Piz Kesch''
Davos
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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 toward the Engadin. 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 Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a lateral valley of the Landwasser
The Landwasser is a river in Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. Its origin was Lake Dav ...
valley. The Dischma valley is drained by the Dischmabach. 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 ofDavos Platz
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Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Re ...
.
Passes and glaciers
At the end of the valley are the two passes leading into the Engadin: the Scaletta Pass ( rm, Cuolm S-chaletta) and with the SAC's ''Grialetschhütte''. This pass was important in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period for the import of wine from theValtellina
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. Tod ...
valley to Davos. At the top of the valley, we find the Scaletta Glacier between Piz Grialetsch () and Scalettahorn ().
Surrounding mountains
Important mountains on the Flüela side are Schwarzhorn (), Piz Radönt (), Sentischhorn () and Baslersch Chopf (). Mountains on the Sertig side include Bocktenhorn (), Jatzhorn () and theJakobshorn
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.
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(), 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) or Piz d'Es-cha ( 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.
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, which is an ultra prominent peak, that is, a peak with a topographic prominence 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