Vorab

{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Vorab

| other_name = Bündner Vorab

| photo = 2015 Vorab vom Piz Grisch 02.jpg

| photo_caption = Vorab and glacier as seen from Piz Grisch: highest peak is Bündner Vorab, to its right Glarner Vorab.

| elevation_m = 3028

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 408

| parent_peak = Piz Segnas

| prominence_ref = Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Bündnerbergjoch (2,620 m).

| listing = Alpine mountains above 3000 m

| map = Switzerland

| map_caption = Location in Switzerland

| location = Glarus/Graubünden, Switzerland

| range = Glarus Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|46|52|26.5|N|9|9|23.6|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

The Vorab is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. The summit (3,028 metres) is also named Bündner Vorab to distinguish it from a lower summit (3,018 metres) named Glarner Vorab. A glacier runs down its eastern face where the valley continues a moderate inclination down towards Flims, where it can be seen for example from Caumasee. It cannot be seen from the adjacent municipalities on the south though. The northwestern face however consists of a sheer drop towards Elm.

Territorially it divides on the municipal areas of Laax on its eastern face, a narrow southern stripe within Siat and Elm on its northwestern face. The secondary peaks that belong to the massive include also the municipalities of Ruschein and Panix.

Since 1979 there is a terminal station of a platter lift near the Glarner Vorab. This comes up from the terminal station of a gondola lift ending at the edge of the glacier, all of these installations belonging to the skiing resort of Flims-Laax-Falera [http://en.graubuenden.ch/ski-snowboard-switzerland/the-top-ski-resorts/laax.html Skiing holidays Switzerland, Graubünden, Flims Laax] which uses the name of Laax only for winter marketing.

File:Vorab Nordflanke mit Gletscherhorn, Zwoelfihorn.jpg|Northern face of Glarner Vorab, Gletscherhorn in the foreground, down in the valley lies Elm

File:Picswiss GL-12-51.jpg|Northern face of Glarner Vorab

File:Crap Sogn Gion and Vorab from Caumasee, Flims.jpg|Caumasee in the Flims Forest in front, Crap Sogn Gion left and Vorab, the white mountain to its right. The white Triangel is Crap Ner and Ofen the white peak to its right (TektonikArena Sardona)