Return to the High Redoubt

The descent through the high mountain clouds into the Engadin valley was a breathtaking spectacle of pristine alpine grandeur. To the west, the razor-sharp granite pyramid of Piz Bernina rose over four thousand meters into the thin, azure sky, its hanging glaciers glinting like polished silver in the brilliant morning light. For centuries, this secluded valley had served as an impenetrable mountain sanctuary—first for Roman legions guarding the Septimer Pass,…