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 pass.[1]
The road from Chiavenna to Silvaplana with distances and elevation:
0 km Chiavenna 333 m
10 km Castasegna (Italian-Swiss border) 696 m
13 km Promontogno 802 m
16 km Stampa 994 m
18 km Borgonovo 1029 m
19 km Vicosoprano 1065 m
27 km Casaccia 1458 m
32 km Maloja Pass 1815 m
33 km Maloja 1809 m
40 km Sils im Engadin/Segl 1798 m
44 km Silvaplana 1802 m
The Maloja Pass is open in winter. However, after heavy snowfalls the road may be closed for a couple of hours or for an entire day. Even if open, the road might be covered with snow making snow/winter tires, or chains, a necessity.
The lowest point of the col, and the lowest point on the watershed between the basins of the Inn and the Po in Switzerland lies at an altitude of 1,812 m.
MalojaPass (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...
crossing the MalojaPass and intruding into the Engadin. The Maloja Wind occasionally produces a weather phenomenon known as the Maloja Snake (German:...
hotel in the Swiss canton of Graubünden MalojaPass, an Alpine pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden Maloja Region, one of eleven administrative districts...
Range in the north-west by the MalojaPass and the Upper Engadin valley; from the Livigno Range in the east by the Bernina Pass; from the Bergamo Alps in the...
It follows the route of the Inn (Romansh: En) from its headwaters at MalojaPass in the southwest running roughly northeast until the Inn flows into Austria...
south-east by the Inn valley; from the Bernina Range in the south by the MalojaPass and the Inn valley. The chief summit of the Albula Alps is Piz Kesch...
the Albula Pass and the Flüela Pass. MalojaPass and Septimer Pass, two passes in close proximity of the Julier Pass List of highest paved roads in Switzerland...
Pass, the Reschen Pass, the Brenner Pass, the Plöcken Pass, the Pontebba Pass (or Saifnitz Pass), the Radstädter Tauern Pass and the Solkscharte Pass...
highest peak of the Western Alps is Mont Blanc (4,810.45 metres). From the MalojaPass (1,815 m) the main watershed dips to the south-east for a short distance...
Davos, and through a tunnel under the Scaletta Pass, to St Moritz, and then onwards via the MalojaPass, to Chiavenna in Italy. Holsboer later had to abandon...
The Maloja Palace is a hotel 15 km (9.3 mi) from St Moritz, in the Graubünden canton of Switzerland, at the top of the MalojaPass (Italian: Passo del...
overlooking the MalojaPass. It is considered as the "roof of Europe" as the peak is nearby the triple watershed of the Lunghin pass. Water running off...
300 ft)), Cavril and Canova at the foot of the MalojaPass (at 1,600 m (5,200 ft)) and the sections of Maloja with Isola, Orden, Pila and Capolago (at 1,810 m...
Bernardino Pass, and the Septimer Pass respectively, the three last ones (Bregaglia, Poschiavo and Müstair) are contiguous to the Engadin, through the Maloja Pass...
to traverse the Gotthard Pass, the Russian artillery convoy took the MalojaPass route according to Duffy or the Splügen Pass according to Phipps. On 19...
Lunghin west of the MalojaPass. The divide continues northwards along the Albula Alps to Julier Pass, Albula Pass and Flüela Pass south of Davos, between...
with Switzerland are the Splügen Pass (2,118 m (6,949 ft)), the MalojaPass (1,815 m (5,955 ft)) and the Bernina Pass (2,323 m (7,621 ft)), with the latter...
Alps. On one such final outing, they hike to the MalojaPass to observe the Maloja Snake (both the "Maloja Snake" of the play's title and the "Clouds of...
over the Julier and Malojapasses. Julier Pass and MalojaPass, road passes in proximity of the Septimer Pass List of mountain passes in Switzerland Hyde...
in Switzerland). Most of the valley falls within the Swiss district of Maloja in the canton of the Grisons, the lower part within the Italian province...
ships, RMS Maloja and RMS Mooltan, from Harland and Wolff Ltd on 29 November 1918. Hull number 588 was named Maloja, after a previous SS Maloja that was...
is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, located south of the MalojaPass in the canton of Graubünden. It lies on the range between the Val Forno...
prominence of at least 30 metres (98 ft)) above the highest adjacent col or pass. Additional criteria were used to include or exclude some points, based on...
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