Geopark Ralsko visits Geopark Sardona

Excursion Program at Geopark Sardona Mo 12./ Tu 13.10.2015

Su 11.10.15: arrival in . A long drink after a long drive!

Mo 12.10.2015: Workshop & Excursion to Elm, Canton Glarus

Time h:min Activity, incl. discussion Responsibility 08:00 00:10 Welcome at Geopark Sardona! Beat Aemissegger Geopark Sardona 08:10 00:20 Overview Geopark Sardona Beat Aemissegger 08:30 00:40 UNESCO Tectonikarena Sardona activities Harry Keel, CEO - How is nature and landscape interpreted and communicated? UNESCO Sardona organization, examples, tools - How does the signage look like in the park? - How is the population involved? 09:10 00:30 New Regional Politics - successful collaboration between tourism Felicia Montalta, and protected area (Geopark/UNESCO Sardona)? Projekt Box Advantages, difficulties, challenges for the future 09:40 00:40 Visitor management & monitoring Dominik Siegrist, HTW Rapperswil 10:20 00:20 pause 10:40 00:40 Augmented Reality, GeoLeading-System Flims-- Andreas Bärtsch, destination Quant AG 11:20 00:40 Data management: use of geographic information Systems (GIS) & Beat Aemissegger databases 12:00 01:00 lunch 13:00 00:10 departure by own cars 13:10 00:20 Infopoint Windegg: performing the information & education concepts Harry Keel of the World Heritage for tourism 13:30 01:45 drive to Schwanden GL, 67km 15:15 00:30 Geostätte Lochsite, Glarus main thrust of Helvetic nappes Harry Keel 15:45 01:00 Visitor Centre Elm Maya Kobi, - short guidance through the exhibition CEO Elm Tourism, - organization, structure, target group, pos./neg. experiences, key GeoGuide Sardona factors for implementation & operation, - Cooperation with the tourism destination Elm and Glarus - GeoGuide 16:45 00:15 Information concept of the visitor centre Harry Keel 17:00 01:00 old slate tablet manufactury at Elm Anny Brühwiler, GGS 18:00 01:45 drive back to St. Margrethenberg, 80km 19:45 back at BuuraBeizli

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Di 13.10.2015: Excursion to Flims, Canton Grison

Time h:min Activity Responsibility 06:45 00:30 breakfast 07:15 00:45 departure to Chur- with own cars, 40km 08:10 00:20 Rhätische Bahn railway to Ilanz through the GeoStätte canyon of Rhein, huge landslide masses, www.ruinaulta.ch 08:35 00:40 public bus Ilanz - Flims 09:15 01:00 Mountain cableway Flims to Cassonsgrat 10:15 00:30 Cassonsgrat, the most impressive view to the Helvetic Main Thrust Beat Aemissegger as Unesco OUV 10:45 00:30 Relevance of the Geopark / UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE to the Mark Woodtli, Flims destination Flims Laax Falera Laax Falera Tourism 11:15 00:30 cableway Cassons - Naraus 11:45 01:00 lunch at Naraus 12:45 00:15 overview to the Flims landslide Hans Conrad 13:00 00:45 cableway Naraus - Flims and bus to Conn 13:45 00:30 walk to the lookout platform "Il Spir", leaded by GeoGuide, with brief GeoGuide presentation of the GeoGuide training, activities, challenges Hans Conrad 14:15 01:15 *Hike Il Spir - Ruinaulta - , from the top to the bottom of the GeoGuide Flims landslide, Ruinaulta Hans Conrad 15:36 00:14 return Versam - Trin by rail 16:00 Departure to Ralsko, or a snack before * Please take a good shoe, a jacket for wind and rain and a small bagpack for the hike, 400m height meters downhill.

Housing 11.-13.10.15: Buurabeizli (farming guesthouse), Hof 1, CH-7313 St. Margrethenberg,  004181-302 2815, www.buura-beizli.ch, [email protected]

Access to BuuraBeizli St. Margrethenberg: Highway N3 exit Bad Ragaz, from South: Landquart – Sarelli – Pfäfers (towards Vättis), 2km af- ter Pfäfers shap left to St. Mar- grethenberg

Our mobile : Beat Aemissegger +4176-320 4517, Ulf Zimmermann +41 7979 76175, Dominik Siegrist +4179-673 4330

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