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Family hike through the Valüna Valley
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5.74km
110m
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This easy circular hike along the green Valünerbach is ideal for a trip with children and can also be mastered with an all-terrain stroller. Starting from the small Gänglesee or the neighboring Steg reservoir, a gravel path leads you directly along the stream.
Framed by mighty mountains, you hike steadily uphill. Rest areas and fire pits by the water invite you to take a break. The destination is the rustic Alp Valüna, which spoils you with cakes, drinks and, of course, excellent alpine cheese. The route then goes back to the lakes on the other bank of the Valünerbach or the last stretch on the Valünastraße.
Last updated: February 28, 2025
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Gänglesee
Highlight • Lake
Gänglesee in the jetty
The Gänglesee is in the Rätikon, Steg is at 1300 m above sea level. in the Liechtenstein Alps. The lake is a place of rest and relaxation and a beautiful destination for families and nature lovers.
The Valünerbach flows through the Gänglesee. The Steg reservoir is directly adjacent to the Gänglesee. It serves as a mud collector for this reservoir. Barbecue areas at the Gänglesee invite you to have an evening chat or to have lunch together. The children can splash around in the rather cool water or build a small reservoir.
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The Gänglesee is in the Rätikon, Steg is at 1300 m above sea level. in the Liechtenstein Alps. The lake is a place of rest and relaxation and a beautiful destination for families and nature lovers.
The Valünerbach flows through the Gänglesee. The Steg reservoir is directly adjacent to the Gänglesee. It serves as a mud collector for this reservoir. Barbecue areas at the Gänglesee invite you to have an evening chat or to have lunch together. The children can splash around in the rather cool water or build a small reservoir.
Text / source: tourismus.li
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1.83 km
Valünerbach Trail
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Beautifully winding stream, accessible from the Steg reservoir via the Gänglesee through the Valüna valley to the Valüna Alp. Ice-cold, clear water, also suitable for cooling your feet.
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Valüna Alp
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Alp Valüna, Saminatal (Valorschtal), footbridge
Alp in the southern (upper) Samina Valley (Valorschtal), municipality of Triesen; 498 hectares, of which 130 hectares are productive pastures. Borders Gritsch (Schaan), Gapfahl (Balzers/Mäls), Steg and Alpelti (Triesenberg) and Pradamee/Hahnenspiel (Vaduz). In addition to Valünasäss (1409 m above sea level), Valüna includes two other alpine tiers: Waldboda (1557 m above sea level) and Obersäss (1646 m above sea level). Name Valorsch from Old Romansh valüglia (small valley).
First mentioned in 1378 (vallúl), when Count Heinrich V of Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz sold his Alp Valüna with the Drasgimiel (Alpelti) and Schädlersboden (Chleistäg) estates to the village community of Triesen. Valüna had already used this before (probably as a fiefdom). In 1403 the people of Triesen gave the Alpelti and in 1406 the Chleistäg to some people from Triesenberg as hereditary fiefs; In 1615 the Chleistäg and in 1665 the Alpelti passed entirely to the Triesenbergers. In 1600 the Schafbleikin and Messweid pastures and in 1659 the Platta were sold to Mäls (Alp Gapfahl), and in 1610 the Heidböchel to Triesenberg. Conversely, Triesen bought the Waldboda from Count Franz Wilhelm von Hohenems in 1651, which it cleared like some other forest areas (1600, 1647, 1663).
From 1595 to 1718, the Valüna was allocated for use to the comrades in the Triesner lower village, and the Alp Lawena to those in the upper village. The land register from 1809 names all citizens of the municipality of Triesen as owners of Valüna, with the exception of the Hintersassen. According to the Triesen Alp Statutes of 1867, the municipality was the owner; since 2004 it has been the newly created Triesen Citizens' Cooperative.
Triesen successfully defended itself against foreign alpine rights claims in the Valüna several times: in 1493 against Baron Ludwig von Brandis, in 1684 against Count Ferdinand Karl von Hohenems, and in 1762 against the Austrian bailiwick administration in Feldkirch and the municipality of Balzers/Mäls. Border and usage conflicts with Gapfahl (1440, 1636, 1899) and Gritsch (1474, 1601, 1602, 1608, 1942) were frequent. In addition, various conflict-prone servitudes weighed on the Valüna, in addition to rights of way, especially the snow escape right in favor of the Alpelti, Gapfahl and Gritsch, as well as timber procurement rights in favor of Gapfahl (until 1984) and Gritsch.
In 1815, Governor Josef Schuppler classified Kuhalp Valüna as the best alp in Liechtenstein. According to the Brandis land register (around 1509/17), she had to pay 2 quarters of lard and 8 cheese as bird whey (replaced in 1861). The pasturing of foreign cattle for interest was documented as early as 1493. When the land register was created in 1809, the maximum amount of the Valüna was set at 100 items; it increased over the course of the 19th century and has amounted to 185 livestock units since 1997. In 1892, 203 cows and 35 cattle were bred, in 2004 55 cows with and 61 without cheese as well as 135 calves and cattle. There were often horses, pigs and, until around 1960, sheep at high altitudes in the Valüna. Until 1945 there were two dairies on Valünasäss (since then one), and another on Waldboda until 1957. Production in 1891 was 71,862 kg of milk, 2,385 kg of butter and 5,410 kg of cheese, and in 2003 it was 48,207 kg of milk, 3,239 kg of fatty cheese and 1,385 kg of sour cheese. The community ran the alpine operations under its own management until 1957. From this year onwards, she leased the Valüna, together with the fore and aft pastures of Matruala, Forst and Scherris, first to the Triesen Alpine Users' Cooperative, then to individuals.
A cheese dairy was mentioned in Valüna in 1493, a “Stafel” (alpine hut/stable) in 1602, huts and a “Rinderstafel” in 1651. In 1792/93 an avalanche destroyed two alpine huts. They were rebuilt in 1793. Two stables built in the Säss in 1876/77 were torn away by an avalanche in 1945, along with the two dairy huts from 1793. Today's dairy hut and stable were built between 1945 and 1947 (a mechanical milking system was installed in the 1970s, a milking parlor was installed in 2001 and the building was renovated in accordance with EEA hygiene regulations). A dairy hut and stable existed on Waldboda by the 19th century at the latest. The current building, built in 1945, was temporarily leased for leisure purposes after the dairy ceased operations in 1957; Since it was renovated in 2003, it has again served as a shepherd's hut. From 1865 and 1870 until an avalanche in 1999, a dairy hut and stable also existed on the Obersäss, first mentioned in 1651.
The old alpine path over the Kulm was replaced by mobile roads from the 1860s onwards; The construction of the Sücka–Valüna section took place in 1869. In 1969, the renovation of the mountain area in Valüna began. The Valüna high hunting area also includes Gritsch, Gapfahl, Alpelti and Chleistäg (1289 ha). The Valüne Valley is a popular hiking and cross-country skiing area.
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Alp in the southern (upper) Samina Valley (Valorschtal), municipality of Triesen; 498 hectares, of which 130 hectares are productive pastures. Borders Gritsch (Schaan), Gapfahl (Balzers/Mäls), Steg and Alpelti (Triesenberg) and Pradamee/Hahnenspiel (Vaduz). In addition to Valünasäss (1409 m above sea level), Valüna includes two other alpine tiers: Waldboda (1557 m above sea level) and Obersäss (1646 m above sea level). Name Valorsch from Old Romansh valüglia (small valley).
First mentioned in 1378 (vallúl), when Count Heinrich V of Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz sold his Alp Valüna with the Drasgimiel (Alpelti) and Schädlersboden (Chleistäg) estates to the village community of Triesen. Valüna had already used this before (probably as a fiefdom). In 1403 the people of Triesen gave the Alpelti and in 1406 the Chleistäg to some people from Triesenberg as hereditary fiefs; In 1615 the Chleistäg and in 1665 the Alpelti passed entirely to the Triesenbergers. In 1600 the Schafbleikin and Messweid pastures and in 1659 the Platta were sold to Mäls (Alp Gapfahl), and in 1610 the Heidböchel to Triesenberg. Conversely, Triesen bought the Waldboda from Count Franz Wilhelm von Hohenems in 1651, which it cleared like some other forest areas (1600, 1647, 1663).
From 1595 to 1718, the Valüna was allocated for use to the comrades in the Triesner lower village, and the Alp Lawena to those in the upper village. The land register from 1809 names all citizens of the municipality of Triesen as owners of Valüna, with the exception of the Hintersassen. According to the Triesen Alp Statutes of 1867, the municipality was the owner; since 2004 it has been the newly created Triesen Citizens' Cooperative.
Triesen successfully defended itself against foreign alpine rights claims in the Valüna several times: in 1493 against Baron Ludwig von Brandis, in 1684 against Count Ferdinand Karl von Hohenems, and in 1762 against the Austrian bailiwick administration in Feldkirch and the municipality of Balzers/Mäls. Border and usage conflicts with Gapfahl (1440, 1636, 1899) and Gritsch (1474, 1601, 1602, 1608, 1942) were frequent. In addition, various conflict-prone servitudes weighed on the Valüna, in addition to rights of way, especially the snow escape right in favor of the Alpelti, Gapfahl and Gritsch, as well as timber procurement rights in favor of Gapfahl (until 1984) and Gritsch.
In 1815, Governor Josef Schuppler classified Kuhalp Valüna as the best alp in Liechtenstein. According to the Brandis land register (around 1509/17), she had to pay 2 quarters of lard and 8 cheese as bird whey (replaced in 1861). The pasturing of foreign cattle for interest was documented as early as 1493. When the land register was created in 1809, the maximum amount of the Valüna was set at 100 items; it increased over the course of the 19th century and has amounted to 185 livestock units since 1997. In 1892, 203 cows and 35 cattle were bred, in 2004 55 cows with and 61 without cheese as well as 135 calves and cattle. There were often horses, pigs and, until around 1960, sheep at high altitudes in the Valüna. Until 1945 there were two dairies on Valünasäss (since then one), and another on Waldboda until 1957. Production in 1891 was 71,862 kg of milk, 2,385 kg of butter and 5,410 kg of cheese, and in 2003 it was 48,207 kg of milk, 3,239 kg of fatty cheese and 1,385 kg of sour cheese. The community ran the alpine operations under its own management until 1957. From this year onwards, she leased the Valüna, together with the fore and aft pastures of Matruala, Forst and Scherris, first to the Triesen Alpine Users' Cooperative, then to individuals.
A cheese dairy was mentioned in Valüna in 1493, a “Stafel” (alpine hut/stable) in 1602, huts and a “Rinderstafel” in 1651. In 1792/93 an avalanche destroyed two alpine huts. They were rebuilt in 1793. Two stables built in the Säss in 1876/77 were torn away by an avalanche in 1945, along with the two dairy huts from 1793. Today's dairy hut and stable were built between 1945 and 1947 (a mechanical milking system was installed in the 1970s, a milking parlor was installed in 2001 and the building was renovated in accordance with EEA hygiene regulations). A dairy hut and stable existed on Waldboda by the 19th century at the latest. The current building, built in 1945, was temporarily leased for leisure purposes after the dairy ceased operations in 1957; Since it was renovated in 2003, it has again served as a shepherd's hut. From 1865 and 1870 until an avalanche in 1999, a dairy hut and stable also existed on the Obersäss, first mentioned in 1651.
The old alpine path over the Kulm was replaced by mobile roads from the 1860s onwards; The construction of the Sücka–Valüna section took place in 1869. In 1969, the renovation of the mountain area in Valüna began. The Valüna high hunting area also includes Gritsch, Gapfahl, Alpelti and Chleistäg (1289 ha). The Valüne Valley is a popular hiking and cross-country skiing area.
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What a perfect after-work tour! 🌞 Today, together with my favorite companion, Belinda, we took a leisurely walk from Steg to Alpe Valüna. The motto: Loitering & Fooling Around – and we really took it seriously. 😄
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But the fact is, the sun was shining at midday 🌞😁
So a snow hike in the Ländle comes at just the right time 😊. You can check out the cross-country ski trail right away😝. You never know 🤷♂️😂😂
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November 18, 2024
This easy circular hike along the green Valünerbach is ideal for a trip with children and can also be mastered with an all-terrain stroller. Starting from the small Gänglesee or the neighboring Steg reservoir, a gravel path leads you directly along the stream.
Framed by mighty mountains, you hike steadily
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