Pass Umbrail/Giogo di Sta. Maria/Wormser Joch
	Height	Climbing height - length
	2501m Sign 2503m	1126m - 13.3 km (Sta. Maria im Müstair) 1301m - 18.4 km (Bórmio); 1204m - 16.7 km (Bórmio (north/Livigno))
	Difficulty	Beauty
	4 (5)	3-4 (5)
How to get there	This is the highest paved pass in Switzerland. The road starts in the remote Swiss corner of Sta. Maria im Müstair (1375m) and it serves as a short-cut to Bórmio in Italy, but as there is no big reason for needing to go to Bórmio for the Swiss people, it is very little used and it is still not paved in its entirety (but it may one day be paved all the way as they apparently pave a bit more from time to time). It is steep up from Sta. Maria in a seemingly endless series of hairpins in the woods. Thereafter you reach the upper valley with the short and flatter unpaved (but good) stretch, before the final steep ascent to the pass starts. Far up to your left you will soon see the Passo/Giogo dello Stelvio/Stilfser Joch/Pass dal Stelvio (2758m). The Umbrail pass is also the border between Switzerland and Italy. From Bórmio (1200m) it is the same steep road that goes to the Stelvio pass, but you will miss the last 10 or so hairpins up to the Stelvio pass by turning off to Switzerland at the junction.
Other comments	There may not be much water to be found along the climb on either side. There are not any good views above Sta. Maria in the woods, but it is quite beautiful higher up toward the pass. This is the lonely and quiet approach to the Stelvio pass. Sta. Maria has a decent youth hostel which I guess is the only affordable accomodation around there. They do have some really good (expensive) restaurants, but it is not a super expensive place and you could probably find cheap accomodation and food in the nearby villages. Bórmio in Italy has plenty of hotels, but not many good restaurants for some reason. [CH-GR-2501]
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