‘The silence allows me to hear every flurry of falling snow’: walking in Switzerland’s hidden valley

Laced with hiking trails, the remote valley of Lower Engadine is the perfect place to reconnect with natureIn the muffled silence all I can hear is the crunch and squeak of snow underfoot. The white path ahead of me meanders skyward through forests of larch and pine, their boughs glittering with snow. When I look back, I can see for miles – an icily beautiful panorama of crags and peaks.I’m in the Lower Engadine, in remote south-east Switzerland, thanks to a tip shared by my Swiss friend Kaspar, when I was pondering a winter walking holiday away from the crowds. Over two weeks I’ll be exploring this fairytale landscape alone, following well-marked trails. Continue reading...

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