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Maloja Pass road. Maloja Pass (Italian: Passo del Maloja, German: Malojapass) (1815m a.s.l.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia, still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in Italy. It marks the divide between the Danube and Po watersheds. Lägh da Bitabergh is near the ...
This is a list of mountain passes in Switzerland. ... Pass Roads Name Canton(s)/Country ... Maloja: Grisons/Italy: Silvaplana GR - Chiavenna IT:
Pass Elevation Location Umbrail: 2,501 metres (8,205 ft) Swiss-Italian border in the Alps between Santa Maria Val Müstair, Switzerland and Bormio, Italy Nufenen: 2,478 metres (8,130 ft) In the Alps between Ulrichen, Valais and Airolo, Ticino Grand Saint Bernard: 2,469 metres (8,100 ft)
As late as 1905, the highest pass over the main chain that had a carriage road was the Great St Bernard (2,472 m (8,111 ft)), but three still higher passes over side ridges have roads—the col de l'Iseran, the Stelvio Pass (2,760 m (9,040 ft)), the Col du Galibier (2,658 m (8,721 ft)), in the Dauphiné Alps, and the Umbrail Pass (2,512 m ...
Hotel Maloja Palace. Maloja (Romansh: Malögia) is a village in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is part of the municipality of Bregaglia. [1] It is located at the western end of Lake Sils, near the summit of the Maloja Pass. Since 1884 it boasts the luxury hotel Maloja Palace.
The Maloja Pass in the Bregaglia Valley. The Val Bregaglia (Lombard: Val Bregaja; German: Bergell, pronounced [bɛʁˈɡɛl] ⓘ; Romansh: Val Bregaglia ⓘ) is an alpine valley of Switzerland and Italy at the base of which runs the river Mera (Romansh and Lombard: Maira).
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The summit can be reached easily from the north flank via a trail starting from the Lunghin Pass. The pass connects Bivio on the north (via the Septimer Pass) to Maloja in the Engadine on the east. The shortest access is from the latter. From Maloja (1810 m) the trail follows the young Inn and leads to the pass in a few hours of walking.