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Haute Route Graubünden - in 20 Tagen durchs Engadin bis an den Lago Maggiore

Closed
Difficult
283.6 km
104:00 h
17655 mhd
18428 mhd
Schlechtes Wetter im Val Calanca.
Blick vom Septimerpass.

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In about 20 days almost 300 km in length through Graubünden, mostly at the top of the altitude: A lonely "Haute Route" from the Austrian-Swiss border through the Engadine and Ticino to Lake Maggiore.

This tour I went like this in July 2021. Due to bad weather, I have defused the original planning in some places - but for the ambitious I also explain in my linked report the higher variants, which I have deleted due to residual snow or rain. Idea of the tour from the Instagrammer @toni.teutoni, elaboration in detail by me.

Attention: The route is NOT closed. In the Rheinwald a path is closed, but this hike only touches. In August 2021, everything is so walkable.

Technique
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Highest Point  2982 m
Lowest Point  295 m
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Start
Martina cunfin (Austrian-Swiss border in the Inn Valley)
Destination
Camping in Tenero, Lake Maggiore
Coordinates
46.886306, 10.463978

Details

Description

Lonely valleys, idyllic mountain lakes, rocky passes, great panoramas: This tour from the Austrian border through Lower and Upper Engadine and further through Ticino requires a lot of stamina, but does not go beyond mountain hiking (T3-4) in difficulty. It is designed for overnight stays in a tent (yes, that's allowed), but can also be done as a hut hike. Many other hikers are not encountered here. Every 3-5 days you can also pass a shopping opportunity. So the nature experience is in the middle, but also the Rhaeto-Romanic and the Walser culture can be experienced in small, idyllic villages, at the end you reach the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland. The tour leads across many of the great Alpine passes, from the Flüela to Albula, Julier and Septimer passes. Behind San Bernardino, in good weather, the Sentiero Alpino Calanca can be built into the route – because of rain I bypassed it here in the valley. If you want, end the tour at a campsite on Lake Maggiore. Arrival by train / night train from Germany quite possible.

Sicherheitshinweis

Some passes can be difficult to walk in bad weather, high water levels of the streams or a lot of residual snow, but can usually be bypassed spontaneously. Poles and sturdy mountain boots recommended, according to preference also Grödel for snowfields (but I do not think necessary).

Ausrüstung

Tent, cooker, sleeping bag recommended, but with planning also feasible without as a hut hike. Climbing equipment not necessary.

Directions

Day 1: Martina cunfin - Tschlin - Val Sinestra - near zuort, 1.800m (tent) – day distance: 16,7 km

Day 2: Fimber Pass (2,609m), Heidelberger Hütte, Val Fenga in front of Foppa Trida at 2,450m (tent) – total KM 30 = 13.3 km

Day 3: Fuorcla da Tasna (2,807m), Lai da Fasch'Alba, Val Urschai, Val Tasna, Ardez, Guarda (shopping, hotel, European Championship final on TV) – KM 50.5 = 20.5 km

Day 4: Val Lavinuoz, Fuorcla Zadrell (2,751m), Lake Chess in Val Vernela at 2,360m (tent) – KM 65 = 14.5 km

Day 5: Berghaus Vereina, Jörital, Jöriseen, Jöriflüelafurgga (2,722m), Wägerhütta an der Passtsraße, by autostop to Davos (shopping, hotel) – KM 80.2 = 15.2 km

Day 6: From the bus stop Susch Chantsura behind the pass (KM 84.2) to Val Grialetsch, Fuorcla da Grialetsch (2,536m), Oberer Dürrboden, Scalettapass (2,605m), Val Funtauna, Val dal Tschüvel, Keschhütte (hut) – KM 102.8 = 18.6 km

Day 7: Break day at the Keschhütte (hut)

Day 8: Fuorcla da Funtauna, Alp digl Chants, Val Plazbi, Fuorcla Pischa (2,867m), Fuorcla Gualdauna, Albula Pass Bus stop La Punt Parking Es-cha, by on-call bus to campsite Madulain (shopping, tent) – KM 119.6 = 16.8 km

Day 9: By bus to albula Hospiz, Lais digl Crap Alv, Fuorcla Crap Alv (2,465m), Val Beverin until shortly before the last ascent to Chamanna Jenatsch 2,300m (tent) – KM 135.5 = 15.9 km

Day 10: Chamanna Jenatsch, Fuorcla d'Agnel (2.982m), Val d'Agnel, Hospiz Julierpass, Leg Grevasalvas 2.390m (tent) – KM 148,8 = 13,3 km

Day 11: Fuorcla Grevasalvas (2.687m), Plaun Grand, detour Piz Grevasalvas summit (2.931m), Pass Lunghin (europ. Triple Watershed), SeptimerPass 2,300m (tent) – KM 164.2 = 15.4 km

Day 12: Forcellina (2.671m), Juferalpa, Juf, Juppa, Pürt, Cresta (Avers) (shopping), Plattner Alpa near Cucalner Guggernüll 2.530m (tent) – KM 182,8 = 18,6 km

Day 13: Alp Starlera, Fuorcla Starlera, ridge near point 2.752m, Saletscha, Pass da Schmorras, Planets (tent) – KM 196,8 = 14 km

Day 14: Ausserferrera, Alp Nursera, Rosschopf, Oberer Surettasee Seehütte 2.268m (tent) – KM 212,5 = 15,7 km

Day 15: Splügen Bodmastafel, Via Spluga to Berghaus Splügen, Tamboalp, AreuaPass (2.508m), Val Curciusa, Pass de Curciusa Alta 2.090m (tent) – KM 230,7 = 18,2 km

Day 16, cancelled at noon due to rain: Bocchetta de Curciusa (2,418m), San Bernardino (1,608m), (shopping, hotel) – KM 239.4 = 8.7 km

Day 17, abbreviated due to rain: Lago d'Isola, Alp d'Arbeola, Rifugio Pian Grand (Rifugio) – KM 247.1 = 7.7 km

Day 18: Pass Ovest dell'Alta Burasca (2.514m), Alp de Trescolmen, Val Largè, Valbella, Rossa (Hotel) – KM 257,8 = 10,7 km

Day 19: Val Calanca, Selma, Funivia Landarenca, Alp di Rossiglion, Passo di Mem, Capanna Brogoldone 1.906m (hut) – KM 276,9 = (19,1 km -4km cable car =) 15 km

Day 20: Descent to Claro (270m, shopping), waiver of 2 more days (Valle di Moleno, Capanna Alpe Leis, Bochete di Cazzann, Cima di Sassello, Tenero), directly by bus and train to Camping Lido Mappo, Tenero, Lago Maggiore. – KM 283.7 = 6.8 km (1,636 m ascent).

Directions

Public Transport

Great access on site via the Swiss postal buses, so that individual stages can be bypassed or changed. Railway enthusiasts can travel with the World Heritage Site "Rhaetian Railway".

Anreise Information

Easily accessible by train/night train from Germany via Innsbruck and Landeck-Zams, last part by bus to Martina cunfin.

Relaxing days on Lake Maggiore at the end on the campsites in Tenero possible thanks to the S-Bahn (Tenero station).

Return from Bellinzona by train/night train via Zurich.

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