Julier Pass

Julier Pass
Julier Pass
	View of the Julier Pass from Piz Polaschin
Elevation	2,284 m (7,493 ft)
Traversed by	Paved road
Location	Graubünden, Switzerland
Range	Albula Alps
Coordinates	46°28.32′N 09°43.74′E / 46.47200°N 9.72900°E
	Julier Pass Location in Switzerland

The Julier Pass (Romansh: Pass dal Güglia, German: Julierpass, Italian Passo del Giulia) (el. 2284 m) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, in the Albula Alps. It connects the Engadin valley with central Graubünden, the nearest inhabited localities on its approaches being Silvaplana and Bivio. At its summit, the pass crosses the watershed / drainage divide between the basins of the rivers Rhine and Danube. The Julier Pass lies between Piz Lagrev and Piz Julier. A few metres south of the summit is the small lake Lej da las Culuonnas.^[1]

Remains of a Roman temple and cart tracks were found and illustrate its importance in Roman times.

The road constructed in the 1820s to replace the old Septimer Pass was well built and is still easily passable after moderate widening for normal cars and trucks. In some parts, areas were rebuilt in 2009 to reduce the number of serpentine turns. Winter use requires winter tires, as well as snow chains in extremely poor weather.

The Julier Pass is one of the three paved road passes connecting the Engadin with the northern Grisons, the two other being the Albula Pass and the Flüela Pass.^[1]

Route

Place	Elevation	Distance	Diff. elevation	Total distance	Total elevation diff.
Tiefencastel	851 m	-	-	-	-
Savognin	1207 m	9 km	356 m	9 km	356 m
Rona	1408 m	5 km	201 m	14 km	557 m
Mulegns-Sur	1538 m	4.5 km	130 m	18.5 km	687 m
Marmorera	1680 m	2.5 km	142 m	21 km	829 m
Bivio	1769 m	5 km	89 m	27 km	918 m
pass	2284 m	9 km	515 m	36 km	1'433 m
Silvaplana	1815 m	7 km	- 469 m	43 km	964 m