page_title: Linthal, Glarus
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Linthal, Glarus / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Linthal, canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The Biferten glacier left of Tödi (in the clouds) is visible.
context_page_description: Linthal is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. The village lies near the head of the valley of the Linth river, and at the foot of the Klausen Pass into the canton of Uri. It is the terminus of the railway line that traverses the length of Glarus.
context_section_description: The village Linthal lies at the head of the valley of the Linth river, at an altitude of approximately 650 m (2,130 ft). It is surrounded by mountains, including Ortstock (2,717 m or 8,914 ft), Clariden (3,267 m or 10,719 ft), Tödi (3,614 m or 11,857 ft), Bifertenstock (3,419 m or 11,217 ft), Selbsanft (3,029 m or 9,938 ft), Ruchi (3,107 m or 10,194 ft), Hausstock (3,158 m or 10,361 ft) and Kärpf (2,794 m or 9,167 ft). The Klausen Pass climbs out of the valley between the Ortstock and Clariden and carries a road into the canton of Uri. The Richetli Pass, between the Kärpf and Hausstock, carries a walking trail to the head of the valley of the Sernf river, a tributary of the Linth.
  The village is divided into three sections: Matt, Dorf and Ennetlinth. To the north of Linthal, the next village down the valley is that of Rüti, whilst the resort village of Braunwald lies on a terrace some 600 m (2,000 ft) above the valley.
  To the south, there are no further villages in the valley, but a side road continues past scattered farmsteads to Tierfehd, where there is one of the Linth–Limmern power stations. Beyond Tierfehd, the Linth valley splits into several tributary valleys, including those of the Oberstafelbach, the Bifertenbach, the Sandbach, the Walenbach and the Limmerenbach. These collect the water from several glaciers, including the Clariden Glacier and the Biferten Glacier, and drain the Limmerensee, a reservoir created as part of the Linth–Limmern scheme.
  The former municipal boundaries of Linthal, as of 2006, included all of the watershed of the Linth and its tributaries upstream of the village. This encompasses an area of 131.2 km² (50.7 sq mi), of which 16.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (66.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It was the largest municipality in the Canton of Glarus, and is about 1/5 of the total area in the canton.
caption: Linthal, looking across the village towards the upper end of the valley
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