Albula Pass

Swiss mountain pass

Albula Pass

Approaching the summit from the east

Elevation| 2,312 m (7,585 ft)[1]
Traversed by| Paved road
Railway tunnel
Location| Graubünden, Switzerland
Range| Albula Alps
Coordinates| 46°35′N 09°53′E﻿ / ﻿46.583°N 9.883°E﻿ / 46.583; 9.883

Albula Pass

Location in Switzerland

The Albula Pass (Romansh: Pass d'Alvra[2] or Pass da l'Alvraⓘ,[3] German: Albulapass) (el. 2312 m) is a Swiss mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden. It lies at the heart of the Albula Alps, on the watershed between the Albula, tributary of the Rhine and the Ova d'Alvra, tributary of the Inn. Overlooking the pass are the ranges of Piz Üertsch (north) and Crasta Mora (south).[4]

The Albula Pass is an important axis from central Graubünden to Engadin. It is traversed by a paved road from Thusis to La Punt, via Bergün. It is also traversed by the Albula Railway, although at a lower elevation through the Albula Tunnel (1,820 m), from Thusis to Bever, also via Bergün.

On the summit of the pass is a hospice. East of the pass, on the Engadin side, is a lake named Albulasee (2,294 m) which is 4.2 ha large.[5] West of the pass, at a further distance, is the larger Lai da Palpuogna, a popular stop on the Albula road.

The Albula Pass is one of the three paved road passes connecting the Engadin with the northern Grisons, the two other being the Julier Pass and the Flüela Pass.[4]

In June 2025, a memorial sculpture was unveiled on the Albula Pass in memory of Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder[6]. Mäder died following a crash on the descent of the Albula Pass during Stage 5 of the 2023 Tour de Suisse[7]. The inauguration of the sculpture took place ahead of Stage 5 of the 2025 edition of the race, in a ceremony attended by Mäder’s family, friends, team representatives, and race organisers. The sculpture, titled Connected, was created by artist Gügi Eugster, Mäder’s uncle[8].

* Albula Pass
* Albula Railway

* Lai da Palpuogna

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## See also

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* List of highest paved roads in Switzerland
* List of highest road passes in Switzerland

## References

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1. ^ Albula Pass, Swisstopo topographic maps
2. ^ Swisstopo maps, official maps of Switzerland by the Swiss government
3. ^ "Pass da l'Alvra in the Pledari Grond dictionary". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
4. ^ a b Topographic map of the Grisons, Swisstopo. Retrieved 16 March 2022
5. ^ Area retrieved from Google Earth (December 2014)
6. ^ https://rideforgino.ch/en/emotional-inauguration-of-the-sculpture-connected/
7. ^ https://rideforgino.ch/en/about-gino/
8. ^ https://rideforgino.ch/en/emotional-inauguration-of-the-sculpture-connected/

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albulapass.

* Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). "Albula Pass" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). p. 513.
* Profile on climbbybike.com
* Albula Pass in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
* http://www.alpentourer.com/alpine_passes/switzerland/albulapass/albulapass.html Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine

Authority control databases

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* VIAF

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* Germany

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* Lexicon Istoric Retic
* Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

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