Crap Masegn
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Crap Masegn is a mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 in the Glarus
Glarus Alps
The Glarus Alps are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They extend from the Oberalp Pass to the Klausen Pass, and are bordered by the Urner Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south and the Appenzell Alps to the northeast...

 Alps
Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....

, located near Flims
Flims
Flims is a municipality in the district of Imboden in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which you can see from almost anywhere in the area....

 in the canton of Graubünden
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

.

Terretorial it divides on the municipal areas of Falera
Falera
Falera is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.Falera is a part of the Alpenarena along with the towns of Flims and Laax and is the most secluded of the three.- History :...

 on its eastern face, a narrow southern stripe of Ladir
Ladir
Ladir is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Ladir has an area, , of . Of this area, 50.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.2% is forested...

 and Ruschein
Ruschein
Ruschein is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is the Sursilvan dialect of Romansh.-Geography:...

 on its western face.

There is a station of an aerial cableway of the same name which is nowhere near this peak but one kilometer southeast, on the nameless junction of the two ridges of Crest Da Tiarms and Crest La Siala. There is a chairlift
Chairlift
An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs...

 and a gondola lift
Gondola lift
A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, normally called a cable car, which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel cable that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in a terminal,...

ending there as well, all of them belonging to the skiing resort of Flims-Laax-Falera which uses the name of Laax only for winter marketing.

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