Flüelapass/Pass dal Flüela
Flüelapass/Pass dal Flüela Height Climbing height - length
2383m 823m - 12.8 km (Davos(-dorf)); 1854m - 54.1 km (Landquart)
1435m - 41.5 km (Alvaneu Bad); 1532m - 46.5 km (Tiefencastel)
957m - 13.1 km (Susch)
Difficulty Beauty
3 (5) 2-3 (5)
How to get there From the north the pass road starts at Davos(-dorf) (1560m). The climbing could also start further north at Landquart (529m) or northwest at Alvaneu Bad (948m if coming from Albulapass or 1055m (40.8 km) if coming from Lenzerheide) or Tiefencastel (851m). From the south one starts in the Unter-Engadin village of Susch (1426m). The climb is steeper on the south side, but also shorter. Despite being one of the best pass roads into the Engadin valley, it is not so very trafficated. Actually it is mostly uphill all the way from Innsbruck on the southeast side of the pass. If you are coming from Landquart you will go through Klosters on the old road and will pass over the Wolfgang(pass) (1631m) just before reaching Davos. If coming from the the northwest you will encounter the long tunnel at Bärentritt, but it is possible to avoid it by using an old gravel road and it should be usable with a road bike (but I have still not travelled that stretch myself).
Other comments It is a pass that always seems remote and somewhat gloomy. It is nice if you like solitude. Since the opening of the Vereinatunnel (19km) at the end of 1999, there are not much traffic over the pass, but now it may also be closed during some Winter months. I got the idea that Graubünden (this larger area of Switzerland) got its name from the greyish site that this is. With the Ofenpass this creates a little used north-south crossing from Germany to Italy. There is water at one place on the north side. The road was built in 1867.
[CH-GR-2383a, BIG 594]
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