Kistenpass

Seen Kistenpass from Kistenstöckli from left Limmer reservoir

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The Kistenpass ( rätorom. pass Lembra ) is a mountain pass, the Linthal in the Glarus hinterland with Breil / Brigels in Grisons Anterior Rhine Valley connects.

Location

The pass ( 2'638 m above sea level. M. ) is located some 1.2 km northern Kistenpass Hut ( 2'714 m above sea level. M. ) and 1.7 km to the south Bifertenhütte ( 2,482 m above sea level. M. ) of the Academic Alpine Club Basel ( AACB ) and approximately 1800 meters above Limmernsee. The pass is not navigable.

History

The Kistenpass had only regional importance and mainly served the farmers of Brigels to summer grazing their cattle on the Limmernalp and their sheep in Muttseegebiet. 1525 reported a Ilanzer of his walk to the Glarus fair over the stony Nüschenalp southeast of the Baumgartenalp and the artful Pantenbrücke behind Tierfehd. 1799 pass parts of the Austrian army has been exceeded. 1887 Muttseehütte ( 2,501 m above sea level. M. ) of the SAC section Winterthur was built. The federal decision in 1939 to build a war chest road was never put into action.

Round trip

On the six -hour round trip from Chur - chairlift Crest Falla - Alp Quader - Rubi Sura - mountain lake behind the Péz d' Artgas - Kistenpass - Bifertenhütte - lake - Rubi Sut - Uaul Scatlè ( highest altitude spruce forest in Europe) - Brigels, the Earth's history of the region be explored on the basis of a leader. The handy guide describes places where the origin and the geological structure of the Alps are practically transparent. In the limestone at the Bifertenhütte to find fossils.

Trivia

The term Kistenpass was colloquially in use for many quiet side roads in Switzerland. He was referring to so usually hidden paths or detour compounds that have been used by motorized users on the way home after excessive alcohol consumption to avoid a possible police check ( box = sl for noise ). However, these routes were the local police authorities, of course, well known. In addition, the risk of accidents on the most narrow, unlit and poorly marked side roads was greater, so that the use of such a " box passport" in drunken condition often proved to be own goal.