Splügen Pass
567Splügen to Madesimo · Grisons
Distance5.4mi · 8.7 km
Drive time13 minon the road
DifficultyDemanding
MountainValley
Historic Graubünden-to-Italy pass with stacked hairpins and galleries
The Splügen Pass (2,113 m) climbs from the village of Splügen in the Hinterrhein valley on around twenty Swiss-side hairpins to the Italian border, continuing down to Chiavenna with stacked tunnels and an 1843 avalanche gallery. The northern Swiss ramp is roughly 9 km with a maximum gradient near 13%, climbing around twenty hairpins to the border, with some fifty more stacked on the Italian descent toward Chiavenna. Hazards include narrow unsignposted hairpins, dark unlit galleries on the Italian descent, livestock on the road and a long winter closure.
Where it runs
SplügenStart · Grisons
MadesimoEnd · Switzerland
Character
Corners51bends
Tightness8of 10
Max gradient13%≈ 1-in-8
Hairpins16tight bends
Climb696 mtotal ascent
Summit2115 mhighest point · 6939 ft
SummerAutumn
Elevation
647 m rangeKnow before you go
- Narrow, often unsignposted hairpins
- Long winter closure, roughly late October to late June
- Livestock on the road and slippery when wet
Along the road
- viewpoint Passo dello Spluga
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