Amden (Speer)

A road, northeast from Weesen via Fli (6km/4mi: views), winds steeply up from the Walensee with two hairpin turns to the summer and winter sports resort (several ski-lifts) of Amden (911 m/2,989ft), lying high above the lake on sunny Alpine meadows between the Mattstock (1,939 m/6,362ft: chairlift, 1,400 m/4,593ft in 15 minutes to the Alp Walau, 1,285 m/4,216ft) and the Leistkamm (2,105 m/6,907ft: five hours).

There is a rewarding climb from Amden to the summit of the Speer (1,951 m/6,401ft: three hours). The N3 highway follows the south side of the lake from the Glarus exit to Walenstadt, with viaducts (electrically heated in winter to prevent icing) and numerous tunnels and galleries.