Atlas, Piz Segnas and Piz Dolf on the far right. The pointed peak in the background is Piz Sardona.
Piz Sardona
Piz Sardona (3056 m), the mountain with high symbolic value, gave its name to the World Heritage Site. It stands in the middle of the World Heritage Site, and the borders of the three participating cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus and Grisons meet near the summit.
Old Verrucano rock lies atop a large boundary layer as an isolated cliff, the „Glarus Thrust“. It is marked by the thin Lochsite Limestone, a so-called „tectonite“, which was formed during the formation of the Alps. Below it is the younger flysch rock.
Towards the Calfeisen valley and Flims there are glaciers that have visibly lost length and volume in recent years. Beautiful terminal and lateral moraines, glacial striations and scree fields are visible in their forefield.
Piz Sardona, the mountain with high symbolic value
The visible "magic line" of the Glarus Thrust is actually a plane that runs through the mountains of the World Heritage Site.
