Vorab

{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Vorab | other_name = | image = 2015 Vorab vom Piz Grisch 02.jpg | image_caption = Vorab and glacier as seen from [[Piz Grisch]] | highest = Bündner Vorab | elevation_m = 3028 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 408 | parent_peak = [[Piz Segnas]] | prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the [[Swisstopo]] topographic maps. The key col is the Bündnerbergjoch ({{convert|2620|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}).</ref> | listing = [[List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m|Alpine mountains above 3000 m]] | map = Switzerland#Canton of Glarus#Canton of Grisons | map_caption = Location in Switzerland##Location in the canton of Glarus##Location in the canton of Grisons | region_type = [[Cantons of Switzerland|Cantons]] | region = [[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]] / [[Grisons]] | country = [[Switzerland]] | range = [[Glarus Alps]] | coordinates = {{coord|46|52|26.5|N|9|9|23.6|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

The '''Vorab''' is a [[Double summit|double summit mountain]] of the [[Glarus Alps]], located on the border between the cantons of [[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]] (GL) and [[Grisons]] ({{lang|de|Graubünden}}, GR), Switzerland. The summit ({{convert|3028|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}) is also named {{lang|de|Bündner Vorab}} ({{lit|League's Vorab}}, referring to {{lang|de|Graubünden}}) to distinguish it from a lower summit ({{convert|3018|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=x| [|]}}) named {{lang|de|Glarner Vorab}} ({{lit|Vorab of Glarus}}).

Territorially, it divides on the municipal areas of [[Laax]] (GR) on its eastern face, a narrow southern stripe within [[Siat]] (GR) and [[Elm, Switzerland|Elm]] (GL) on its northwestern face. The secondary peaks that belong to the massive include also the municipalities of [[Ruschein]] and [[Pigniu|Panix]] in Grisons.

==Glacier== The [[Vorab Glacier]] runs down the mountain's eastern face, where the valley continues a moderate inclination down towards [[Flims]], where the [[glacier]] can be seen, for example, from [[Caumasee|Lake Cauma]]. It cannot be seen from the adjacent municipalities on the south, though. The northwestern face, however, consists of a sheer drop towards Elm.

==Transport== Since 1979, there is a [[top station]] of a [[platter lift]] near the Glarner Vorab. This comes up from the terminal station of a [[gondola lift]] ending at the edge of the glacier, all of these installations belong to the [[ski resort]] of ''Flims-Laax-Falera'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flimslaax.com/en/ |website=www.flimslaax.com |title=FlimsXLaax |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref> which uses the name of Laax only for winter marketing.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Vorab Nordflanke mit Gletscherhorn, Zwoelfihorn.jpg|Northern face of Glarner Vorab, Gletscherhorn in the foreground, down in the valley lies [[Elm, Glarus|Elm]] File:Picswiss GL-12-51.jpg|Northern face of Glarner Vorab File:Crap Sogn Gion and Vorab from Caumasee, Flims.jpg|Foreground: [[Caumasee|Lake Cauma]] and Flims Forest. Background: {{lang|rm|Crap Sogn Gion}} (left) and Vorab (white mountain, right). White triangel is {{lang|rm|Crap Ner}}, white peak is {{lang|de|Ofen}} (TektonikArena [[Piz Sardona|Sardona]]) </gallery>

==See also== * [[List of mountains of Graubünden]] * [[List of mountains of the canton of Glarus]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.hikr.org/dir/B%C3%BCndner_Vorab_5837/ Vorab on Hikr]

[[Category:Mountains of Switzerland]] [[Category:Mountains of the canton of Glarus]] [[Category:Mountains of the Grisons]] [[Category:Canton of Glarus–Grisons border]] [[Category:Mountains of the Alps]] [[Category:Laax]]