Scaletta Pass

Scaletta Pass
Routes for hikers on the pass
Elevation	2,606 m (8,550 ft)
Traversed by	Path
Location	Switzerland
Range	Alps
Coordinates	46°41′N 9°55′E / 46.683°N 9.917°E / 46.683; 9.917Coordinates: 46°41′N 9°55′E / 46.683°N 9.917°E / 46.683; 9.917

Scaletta Pass (Romansh: Cuolm S-chaletta,^[1] German: Scalettapass) (el. 2315 m) is a mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies in the Albula Range of the Alps. The path from Dischma leads to Cinuos-chel in the Inn Valley. This means it is a crossing from the German spoken Davos area into the romansh spoken Engadin and additionally a crossing from the northerly drainage basin of the river Rhine flowing into the North Sea and the south side of the drainage divide, emptying its waters into the Black Sea via Inn (river) and Danube. During summer Scaletta pass combines several routes for hikers and Mountainbikers. Instead of just crossing the main pass you can also head via Val Funtauna towards and continue to Bergün. An annual crosses the pass as well.

History[]

The Scaletta Pass (s-chaletta: romansch for „little stair“) lies on a medieval inner-alpine route from Chur via Davos to S-chanf in the Engadin valley, continuing via to Veltlin.^[2] Ancient installations for horse traffic on on the northern side and on the south side as well as the historic hospice at La Chapella witness the former transport route. When the road across the Flüela pass was built between 1866 and 1868, the Scaletta Pass lost any economic importance it once had.

See also[]

• List of mountain passes
• List of mountain passes in Switzerland

References[]

External links[]

• international hike on historic route Hiking Switzerland pass in Graubünden on old trading route.
• second Hike across on Hiking Scaletta pass Switzerland Graubünden on official Graubünden Tourism page

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• Scaletta Pass in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.