The Tuoi Hut lies at the foot of Piz Buin, around 50 kilometres northeast of St. Moritz. It usually takes around two and a half hours to make the ascent from Guarda on snow shoes, touring skis or even on foot. 

The hearty smell of fresh rösti gradually gives way to sweeter notes, as people start to meet on the sun terrace in the afternoon. Whether it’s mountaineers making the descent from the peaks or the last few daytrippers coming up from the valley below – the Tuoi Hut welcomes them all. For one group, it’s a well-earned finishing point; for another, it’s a starting point for fantastic tours – or, of course, it can be both.

As a mountain guide, Christian knows how to help to ensure his guests are happy. In this respect, he doesn’t see the challenge of his new job as being all that different from that of his old one. The hut warden has been cooking on the Tuoi and making his guests happy – accommodating as many as 14,000 of them already – for the past four years.

Crisp and clear winter nights offer the ideal conditions for stargazing. Up here, far away from urban light pollution, hundreds more stars can be seen than from towns and cities. Hut warden Christian is used to this spectacle of course, but even he finds himself stopping to marvel at the sky every evening and every morning.

Just 2,000 metres as the crow flies – that’s how close the Tuoi Hut is to Piz Buin. But as close as it may be, it is also a steep climb to get there, as you can see if you take a good look at a map of the area. There is a difference of more than 1,000 metres in altitude between the hut and the summit above. The ski tour on Piz Buin isn’t the easiest, but is very varied, with some really impressive views of the sea of peaks.

Geography and weather conditions play a significant role in determining how far you can see into the distance. On Piz Buin, it’s not an uncommon occurrence to also be able to see the highest mountain in Switzerland, the Dufourspitze, despite the fact that this is 200 kilometres away. 
In contrast – practically just a stone’s throw away – the Bernina Range, including the summit of the same name, the highest mountain east of Gotthard, can be seen to the south.

Back at the hut, guests chat about what they’ve seen and experienced that day, and any aches and pains are dispelled by plain and simple contentment. Here, new plans are made, since the Silvretta region has a whole host of mountains and tours just waiting to be discovered. These all have one thing in common: they all help to restore visitors’ energy levels, enabling them to return to everyday life newly invigorated.