Albulapass

The hospice at the pass; north side

The Albula Pass ( rätorom. Pass da l' Alvra ) is a 2,312 m above sea level. M. high mountain pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The sign at the pass is a height of 2'315 m above sea level. M., because, however, the reference point for height measurements in Switzerland has changed, according to the current measurement method, the lower altitude is correct.

On the Albula Pass the European watershed runs. It connects the Albula valley in deep Castel from the Engadine in La Punt. Because the narrow road over the pass after the construction of the Albula Railway transport in technical terms, no longer had any meaning, it becomes locked to June each year from November due to avalanche danger. In the remaining time use mainly tourists the pass.

In 1695 the citizens of the nearby town on the road Berguen funded the straightening of the most difficult route section on Bergünerstein. The road had to be worked out to do so by blasting out of the rock. Previously, she served as an escape route when the roads and streets of the parallel passes over the Julier and Septimer were impassable. The costly investment should be worth the traffic over the pass took place in the following years and therefore the customs duties and the Entlöhnungen of mule trains.

A sudden end to this economic activity brought the opening of the Albula Railway in 1904. However, the local economy recovered surprisingly quickly from the structural crisis and saddled instead to tourism. This sector determined since the events on the Albula Pass.

In the winter months, the northern part of the street is transformed over the Albula Pass between Preda and Berguen to a six -kilometer-long toboggan run. The height difference is 400 meters; a sleigh ride takes up to 20 minutes. The transport of the carriage and the driver takes over between the two stations, the Rhaetian Railway.

Occasionally, a stage of the annual Tour de Suisse over the pass.

The passport will crosses under approximately 1800 m altitude from 5865 m long Albula Tunnel of the Rhaetian Railway, the highest alpine tunnel in such a length.

On the north side of the pass is the Alp white stone, which serves as a research station at the ETH Zurich.

On the pass road to the south

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