About the Septimer Pass

In Casaccia, follow the driving route from the parking lot near the small cemetery. It winds up the wooded level to the entrance of Val Maroz. The footpath takes a more direct course and repeatedly crosses the road, into which it finally merges at the beginning of the valley.
Without going as far as the arch bridge and the alpine huts of Maroz Dora (1799 m), leave the road at the signpost to Bivio and turn right. At first, the path crosses the slope with a gentle ascent, then it climbs more steeply with switchbacks, following the Aua da Sett stream. In the upper part, the mule track enters a narrow, flat valley where it crosses the stream for the first time. Not far from there is Sascel Battü (2073 m): a small dip on the path where you can recognize the ancient and medieval trail footprints.
Continue without straying much from the stream’s course, which you cross two more times: first on a recently renovated arch bridge, and second on a footbridge just before reaching a small driving road. This leads to the broad saddle of Pass da Sett (2310 m). At this point, several paths converge:
- To the right, the route climbs to the Lunghin Pass. Those who want can descend there towards Maloja and return to the starting point Casaccia via the Malögin path.
- The left path leads to the Forcellina, the crossing to Juf in the Avers.
- We continue straight ahead and descend on the driving road, crossing wide alpine meadows and leading us to the alp “la Tgavretga,” where some houses are inhabited year-round. The route continues alongside the stream in the valley bottom, which is crossed repeatedly. Beyond a final mountain ridge, you reach the dwellings of Tua, shortly before arriving in Bivio and connecting to the Julier Pass road. You can return by post bus to Silvaplana and continue through the Engadin towards Maloja and Casaccia.