Summer in the High Valley
Glacier lakes, guided trails and the Engadine's secret summer, away from every crowd.
- Nature · Calm
- Ideal length: 6 days
- Best time: December through March for pristine alpine snow, June through September for green valleys, warm lakes and clear summit days.
- Private guiding, access and transfers throughout
- From US$13,500 per traveler — a starting point, tailored to you
- Designed one-to-one by a Forest Travel advisor
- Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels
Glacier lakes, guided trails and the Engadine's secret summer, away from every crowd.
Few countries pair such effortless precision with wild beauty, and here it is all arranged so quietly that you notice only the ease.
When to go
December through March for pristine alpine snow, June through September for green valleys, warm lakes and clear summit days. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
The experiences
A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:
- Set out with a guide to glacier-fed lakes that turn turquoise in the summer light, the trails empty of every crowd.
- Walk the high larch woods of the Engadine, a landscape found in this valley and almost nowhere else in the Alps.
- Picnic beside a mountain tarn arranged ahead of you, the water still and the peaks doubled on its surface.
- Return to a lakeside suite for an evening on the terrace as the valley cools and the light lingers late.
A sense of the rhythm
Gentle guided mornings, long open afternoons by the water and calm bright evenings; the Engadine's secret summer, kept quiet and unhurried.
Why St. Moritz
The high Engadine holds glacier lakes and larch forests found in no other alpine valley, a summer landscape of rare light that few travellers ever see.
How to do it well
The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:
- Summer here is a well-kept secret; the trails belong to those who know to come between seasons.
- The turquoise lakes are at their brightest in strong midday light, worth planning the walk around.
- A guide opens the quieter paths where the day's crowds never reach.
- The high-altitude sun is intense; light layers and good sunglasses matter even on cool days.
What only your advisor can open
The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.
Who it's for
Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.
Estimated investment
From US$13,500 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.
Designed entirely around you
Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.
Your Virtuoso privileges
As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.
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