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Old Pass Road (Alte Passstrasse) Via Mala

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Old Pass Road (Alte Passstrasse) Via Mala

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1. Thusis – Verlorna Loch – Viamala Visitor Centre

5.27km

01:42

250m

Expert hike. Great for any fitness level. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Traversinersteg Suspension Bridge – Viamala Gorge loop from Reischen

9.67km

03:31

410m

Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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3. Hohen Rätien Castle – Traversinersteg Suspension Bridge loop from Thusis

9.73km

03:20

350m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Zoe von Rambling Rocks

March 24, 2023

Where tunnels were once built for car traffic, you will only encounter racing cyclists and hikers on this former road. Because on this old commercial road, which was built between 1818 and 1823 as the first road across the Grisons Alps, it is considered a monument between Thusis and Rongellen and is free of car traffic.

Here you can watch nature in peace on the wide road as it reclaims this section of the route. You can also venture a look into the deep Viamala valley.

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uta_is_hiking

May 30, 2024

The Viamala, Via Mala, Veia Mala means "bad path" and applies to the 8-kilometer-long path along the Hinterrhein between Thusis and Zillis-Reischen in Graubünden. The gorge was the most difficult obstacle to the Splügen and San Bernardino Alpine passes.

The historic path on the right bank of the Rhine, the Veia Traversina, was renewed with the construction of the Traversinasteg, as was the new suspension bridge built in 2005 as a staircase.

The Via Spluga is a Swiss cultural hiking trail no. 50 on the historic Alpine transit route from Thusis (Graubünden) over the Splügen Pass to Chiavenna (Italy).

In 1967, the 6.6 km tunnel was built at the San Bernardino Pass, which connects the Rhine Valley with the Misox via the A13 motorway.

On the other hand, the cantonal road Rongellen 1 and 2 with tunnel runs parallel to the A13, so the old pass road from Thusis to the Rongellen is now only for hikers and cyclists.

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Müller 😉😉😉😉

May 24, 2021

The old pass road is slowly falling into disrepair

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Location: Graubünden, Switzerland

Old Pass Road (Alte Passstrasse) Via Mala

1. Thusis – Verlorna Loch – Viamala Visitor Centre

2. Traversinersteg Suspension Bridge – Viamala Gorge loop from Reischen

3. Hohen Rätien Castle – Traversinersteg Suspension Bridge loop from Thusis

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