Maloja Pass: Difference between revisions

| photo = Malojapass Böhringer 2018.jpg

| traversed = Road

| locationmap = {{SUI}}Switzerland

[[ImageFile:Maloja01.jpg|thumb|Maloja Pass road]]

'''Maloja Pass''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Passo del Maloja'', [[German language|German]]: ''Malojapass'') (el.1815m 1815 ma.s.l.) is a high [[mountain pass]] in the [[Swiss Alps]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Graubünden]], linking the [[Engadin]]e with the [[Val Bregaglia]], still in Switzerland and [[Chiavenna]] in [[Italy]]. It marks the watersheddivide between the [[Danube basin|Danube]] and [[Po (river)|Po]] basinswatersheds. [[Lägh da Bitabergh]] is near the pass.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadin.ch/en/sightseeing/malojapass/|title=Malojapass|website=www.engadin.ch}}</ref>

* 0&nbsp;km [[Chiavenna]] 333 m

* 10&nbsp;km [[Castasegna]] (Italian-Swiss border) 696 m

* 13&nbsp;km [[Promontogno]] 802 m

* 16&nbsp;km [[Stampa]] 994 m

* 18&nbsp;km [[Borgonovo, Switzerland|Borgonovo]] 1029 m

* 19&nbsp;km [[Vicosoprano]] 1065 m

* 27&nbsp;km [[Casaccia, Graubünden|Casaccia]] 1458 m

* 32&nbsp;km Maloja Pass 1815 m

* 33&nbsp;km [[Maloja, Switzerland|Maloja]] (village) 1809 m

* 40&nbsp;km [[Sils im Engadin/Segl]] 1798 m

* 44&nbsp;km [[Silvaplana]] 1802 m

The Maloja passPass is open in winter. However, after aheavy snowfallsnowfalls 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—wintersnow making snow/winter tires, or chains, woulda helpnecessity.