6 Day Yoga and Hiking in the Upper Engadin, Switzerland

This is a perfect day for body, mind, and soul

This retreat is for anyone who has a desire to reconnect with nature and with themselves, to be with like-minded, adventurous, and supportive people, to have time with others, and to take time for themselves. There will be fun and laughter and from day to day you feel how you move more and more back into your innate liveliness and inner strength.

What is special about this retreat

The founder Ulrica Seiler has created this wonderful retreat that combines hiking with yoga so that people of all stages of life can experience the connection with nature, peace, and their own being. Ulrica was born in this magical High Alpine wonderland and of course, has explored every treasure of this fairytale land since she was a child.

Now she shares her 25 years of experience as a yoga teacher and retreat leader with you. Her passion, love and care are contagious - rediscover your own enthusiasm and joy.

Immersing yourself in this open, magical mountain world has a great benefit for your physical & mental health and your soul can soar high again. Spend time with other like-minded people in a fun, supportive, and encouraging way. You can be sure that you will receive the best local expertise from Ulrica Seiler in every way.

Itinerary

Saturday

• Arrival in Pontresina: Meeting point at 17.30 at the Hotel Allegra
• Ride with bus & funicular to Muottas Muragl
• Dinner together with unsurpassable view

Sunday

Walking time: 2 hours 30 minutes / yoga: 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours

• From 07:30 Breakfast
• 09:00 - 11:00 Yoga
• 11:30 Bus ride to St. Moritz and with the funicular high above Chantarella to Corviglia and from there with the cable car high up to over 3000 m to Piz Nair
• Lunch on the Piz Nair with a fantastic 360-degree view of the mountains all the way to the Matterhorn
• Afterward, hike from the 10000-feet mountain via Corviglia to Chanatarella. From there you take the funicular down to St. Mortiz and from there by bus to Pontresina. Outdoor yoga on the road

Monday

Walking time: 3 hours 15 minutes / Yoga 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours

• From 07:30 Breakfast
• 09:00 - 11:00 Yoga
• At 11:30, take the bus to Surlej and ride up with the Corvatsch cable car to Murtel.
• Here you will have lunch.
• Then you set off on the hike with fantastic views of the Upper Engadine lakes. After a little more than an hour, you reach the Hahnensee. Here it is worth to linger, enjoy the fantastic view & the silence and watch the dragonflies. Ideal for outdoor yoga.
• Then go down through the forest to Lej Nair or Lej Marsch, where you can cool your feet or swim in the moor lake.
• Afterward, you continue to St. Moritz Bad and from there by bus to Pontresina.

Tuesday

Hiking time: 3 hours / Yoga 2 hours 30 minutes

• From 07:30 Breakfast
• 08:30 - 10:15 Yoga
• 11:00 Departure with the RhB railway on the UNESCO World Heritage route to the highest mountain crossing railway station in Europe, Bernina Ospiz. Then you continue along Lago Bianco to Alp Grüm. Get off the train and hike in 15 minutes up to the Casa Alpina Belvedere where you have lunch with a great view over the Val Poschiavo and the Italian mountains at the horizon.
• Afterward, set off on the high-altitude hike with a view of glaciers and over the Alp Grüm to a wonderful mountain lake where you do outdoor yoga. Continue to Cavaglia where you make a stop to marvel at the glacier mills before the hike takes you past mountain pastures to picturesque Poschiavo. In Poschiavo, there is time for an espresso on the piazza. Inspiration Engadin recommends that you visit the weaving mill or the local stone art shop.
• In Poschiavo there is time for an espresso in the piazza, as well as a visit to the weaving mill or the local Stone Art store.
• 18:30 Take the last train over the Bernina back to Pontresina.

Wednesday

Walking time: 3 hours 30 minutes / Yoga 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours

• From 07:30 Breakfast
• 09:00 - 11:00 Yoga
• 11:30 Bus ride to the Diavolezza Valley station
• With the cable car up to the top station
• Mittageseen with an outstanding view of Palü and the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, Piz Bernina
• Hike from the Diavolezza mountain station - – to the mountain lakes Lej da Diavolezza and Lej da las Collinas. Here you enter a moorland with rare plants and animal species, then alpine rose bushes line the path. With a bit of luck, you can see chamois. Outdoor yoga, as always, in the most inspiring location

Thursday

Walking time: 2 hours 30 minutes / Yoga 2 hours

• From 07:30 Breakfast
• 09:00 - 11:00 Yoga
• Check-out and storage of luggage at Hotel Allegra
• With the vintage funicular to Muottas Muragl
• Lunch with a fantastic view over the Upper Engadin on Muottas Muragl
• With a spectacular view, we hike from Muottas Muragl on the high-altitude trail via Schafberg to Alp Languard. The breathtaking view of the Bernina massif and the Upper Engadin Lake landscape accompanies you all along the way
• The chairlift takes you down to Pontresina
• The Hotel Allegra is located right at the valley station where you pick up the luggage
• Transfer to Pontresina train station, departure by train from 5 p.m.