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Roffla Gorge

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Location: Andeer, Viamala, Graubünden, Switzerland

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1. Via Spluga hiking trail – Roffla Gorge loop from Andeer

7.81km

02:22

240m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Roffla Gorge – Via Spluga hiking trail loop from Andeer

21.1km

07:14

740m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Andeer Covered Wooden Bridge – Via Spluga hiking trail loop from Andeer

21.9km

08:28

1,330m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Landlinien

February 16, 2016

The Roffla Gorge winds daringly along the A13 national highway between the towns of Andeer and Splügen. It's hard to imagine that it had to be painstakingly rebuilt by hand by Christian Melchior Pitschen at the beginning of the 20th century to be accessible to tourists. At the foot of the Roffla Gorge, the inn of the same name invites you to linger and experience history in the museum.

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Werner K

June 15, 2018

The story of the waterfall.
When the Gotthard railway was opened at the end of the 19th century, a large part of the traffic shifted. The Christian Pitschen - Melchior family soon had only a minimal income and so they decided to emigrate to America. At that time the communities paid the emigrants the crossing to overseas and so the young family left home. Her parents still hosted the few guests and ran the small farm.
When they arrived in New York, they looked for a job. The family grew more and more, but also with the children they did not feel well in New York. Christian Pitschen - Melchior worked for a time as a servant with a rich Englishman. With this he made a trip through America, among other things, they came to the Niagara Falls. He saw that the waterfall was a destination for many people and money could be made.
After this trip, he often thought of this waterfall, because he knew that there was also a waterfall at home in Switzerland, but this was only heard, as there was no way into the gorge. When his parents wrote in a letter that they could no longer continue the inn for reasons of age, the emigrants decided to return home. Since they had to earn the money for the return journey, it took another year before they arrived at the Roffla.
Once home, they got the house in order and then started the huge work to make their way into the gorge. In the winter of 1907-1914 they worked in the gorge, about 8,000 explosive charges were ignited, but it took above all a lot of stamina and strength to beat the holes in the hard stone.
Over the next few years, more and more people came to the inn and visited the imposing gorge. The family was looking forward to better times again.

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JR on Tour

April 21, 2023

This gorge was more impressive for me than the Viamala gorge

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Location: Andeer, Viamala, Graubünden, Switzerland

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Roffla Gorge

1. Via Spluga hiking trail – Roffla Gorge loop from Andeer

2. Roffla Gorge – Via Spluga hiking trail loop from Andeer

3. Andeer Covered Wooden Bridge – Via Spluga hiking trail loop from Andeer

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