Wolfgang Pass

Wolfgang Pass (1,632 m (5,354 ft)) is a high mountain pass in the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland.

Wolfgang Pass
Wolfgang Pass
Elevation1,632 m (5,354 ft)
Traversed byRoad and rail
LocationGraubünden, Switzerland
RangeSwiss Alps
Coordinates46°50′N 09°51′E
Wolfgang Pass is located in Switzerland
Wolfgang Pass
Wolfgang Pass
Location in Switzerland
Aerial view from 2500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

It connects Klosters and Davos with Davos being almost level with the pass. The pass road has a maximum grade of 10 percent and is kept open year-round.

A line of the Rhaetian Railway also crosses the pass since 1890.

The pass is comparatively low as a mountain pass and was historically used also for international trade via the southern adjacent Scaletta Pass and later via the newly built road across Flüela Pass from 1868. This road is still closed nowadays in winter and motorists are forced to use the Car shuttle train through the Vereina Tunnel (or drive a long detour via Julier pass).

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