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Hiking Trail recommended route Stage 2 Hiking Trail  · Viamala

50.02 Andeer - Splügen, ViaSpluga

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    Roffla Gorge
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    The second stage of the viaSpluga, the 68 km long classic among cultural and long-distance hiking trails, leads from Andeer to the Roffla Gorge and on past the Crestawald Fortress Museum to Sufers. Sufers is the oldest village in the Rheinwald. The hike continues to Splügen, one of the oldest and most typical pass villages in Graubünden.
    moderate
    Distance 13.7 km
    5:00 h
    638 m
    155 m
    1,522 m
    983 m
    Our tips for the second stage
    • Roffla Gorge: A gorge in the Hinterrhein between Andeer-Bärenburg and Sufers.
    • Mountain village of Splügen: One of the oldest and most typical pass villages in Graubünden, awarded the Wakker Prize by the Swiss Heritage Society in 1995.

    Stage 2 / Andeer-Splügen
    A visit to the gorge is also on the programme for today's stage. It took seven years and 8,000 blasts to open up the Roffla Gorge. At the very back, the rock gallery goes behind the waterfall and thus under the Rhine. After the Roffla Gorge, we reach Sufers, which is mentioned in a list of royal estates in Raetia as early as 831 and is therefore considered the oldest village in the valley. Today's stage stop is the typical pass village of Splügen. We recommend a visit to the interactive relief at the entrance to the Hotel Alte Herberge Weiss Kreuz, where the valley's transport history is impressively documented.

    The viaSpluga is a cultural and long-distance hiking trail in the central Alps, which for centuries has linked the people of German-speaking Graubünden, Rhaeto-Romanic, Walser and Lombardy and the two villages of Thusis and Chiavenna. The viaSpluga runs largely along historic mule tracks, many of whose original structures have been preserved or restored. The viaSpluga is around 65 kilometres long in total.

    Walk comfortably from accommodation to accommodation and benefit from the luggage transport included in the price. The tours can also be made easier by public transport.

    Author’s recommendation

    Two Hinterrhein power station reservoirs line your route today. Information boards provide details about the entire system. Take the time to discover the history of the Roffla gorge and, depending on the day of the week, the fortress museum in Crestawald is open. Splügen is also one of the oldest and most typical pass villages in Graubünden! The Rheinwald local history museum in Splügen impressively documents the valley's transport history (please note the opening times).

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    T2 moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

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    1,522 m
    Lowest point
    983 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 20%Dirt road 7.13%Forested/wild trail 23.27%Path 38.53%Road 11.04%Unknown 0%
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    2.7 km
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    979 m
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    3.2 km
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    5.3 km
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    1.5 km
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    Safety information

    The viaSpluga is a mountain hiking trail. Surefootedness and a head for heights are required on some sections (bridges, Cardinello gorge).

    Tips and suggestions

    Offers
    The following package deals are available:

    The offers include various services such as accommodation, luggage transport, packed lunches, various admissions, hiking maps, etc. We look forward to receiving your enquiry directly via the online shop or by telephone/email.

    Booking office
    Viamala Tourist Information
    Bodaplatz 4
    7435 Splügen 
    Tel. +41 81 650 90 30 
    info@viamala.ch
    www.viamala.ch

    Roadbook

    The viaSpluga is marked throughout from Thusis to Chiavenna as regional hiking trail No. 50, as well as with brown viaSpluga signposts. 

    Stage 2: Andeer - Splügen
    From the southern end of the village in Andeer, you hike to the Roffla gorge (visit possible). An intelligently laid out path leads you through the rough terrain towards the light valley floor of the Rheinwald forest, past the Crestawald military-historical fortress museum to Sufers. The forest passage between Sufers and Splügen on the so-called Roman Trail offers a magnificent conclusion to the second stage.

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    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    Andeer and Splügen can be reached by PostBus. Further information can be found in the SBB online timetable.

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    Directions

    From the north A13/E43 direction San Bernardino, exit no. 24 ‘Zillis/Andeer’.
    From the south A13/E43 direction Chur, exit no. 25 ‘Andeer’.

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    Parking

     Zillis, church car park on the banks of the Rhine Andeer, northern entrance to the village Splügen, diagonally opposite the post office.

    Coordinates

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    2'752'308E 1'163'131N
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    46.602080, 9.426663
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    46°36'07.5"N 9°25'36.0"E
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    32T 532677 5161034
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    Author’s map recommendations

    viaSpluga hiking map, CHF 15.00. Available from Viamala Tourismus in the online shop or at the Thusis or Splügen information centres.

    This map is included in the Viamala Tourism package deals.

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    Appropriate, weather-proof equipment is strongly recommended. 

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    Difficulty
    T2 moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    13.7 km
    Duration
    5:00 h
    Ascent
    638 m
    Descent
    155 m
    Highest point
    1,522 m
    Lowest point
    983 m
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