The Vorab is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

of the

Glarus Alps The Glarus Alps (german: Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of th ...

, located on the border between the cantons of

Glarus , neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ) , twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany) } Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus ...

and Graubünden. The summit (3,028 metres) is also named ''Bündner Vorab'' to distinguish it from a lower summit (3,018 metres) named ''Glarner Vorab''. A glacier runs down its eastern face where the valley continues a moderate inclination down towards

Flims Flims ( rm, Flem) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which one can see from almost anywhere in the area. Flims consists of the village of Flims (called ...

, where it can be seen for example from

Caumasee Caumasee (Romansh: ''Lag la Cauma'' or ''Lai da Cauma'') is a lake near Flims, in the Grisons, Switzerland. It is one of the lakes on the Flims Rockslide deposits. The lake is fed from underground sources. Its surface area is 10.3194 ha. T ...

. It cannot be seen from the adjacent municipalities on the south though. The northwestern face however consists of a sheer drop towards Elm. Territorially it divides on the municipal areas of

Laax Laax ( rm, Lags) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Laax is first mentioned c. 1290–98 as ''Lags''. Geography Laax has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.8% is used for agricultural pur ...

on its eastern face, a narrow southern stripe within

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and

Elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

on its northwestern face. The secondary peaks that belong to the massive include also the municipalities of

Ruschein Ruschein (, ) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is the Sursilvan dialect of Romansh. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Ruschein, Castrisch, Ila ...

and Panix. Since 1979 there is a terminal station of a platter lift near the Glarner Vorab. This comes up from the terminal station of a

gondola lift A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supp ...

ending at the edge of the glacier, all of these installations belonging to the skiing resort of ''Flims-Laax-Falera'' Skiing holidays Switzerland, Graubünden, Flims Laax
/ref> which uses the name of Laax only for winter marketing. File:Vorab Nordflanke mit Gletscherhorn, Zwoelfihorn.jpg, Northern face of Glarner Vorab, Gletscherhorn in the foreground, down in the valley lies

File:Picswiss GL-12-51.jpg, Northern face of Glarner Vorab File:Crap Sogn Gion and Vorab from Caumasee, Flims.jpg, Caumasee in the Flims Forest in front, Crap Sogn Gion left and Vorab, the white mountain to its right. The white Triangel is Crap Ner and Ofen the white peak to its right (TektonikArena Sardona)

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Vorab on Hikr
Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Glarus Mountains of Graubünden Glarus–Graubünden border Mountains of the Alps Laax {{Glarus-mountain-stub

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