Graubünden Marathon

The start is in Chur on the Quaderwiese, from there the route leads through the old town and then turns onto the Chur-Arosa road. At the Arosa junction, go straight towards Sand. Upon reaching Sand, the route leaves the asphalt road onto a gravel road towards Passugg. In Passugg, the route goes around the building of the beverage manufacturer Passugger and leaves the road again onto an unpaved path. After an ascent, you turn onto a wide gravel road. On the Polenweg, it goes to Churwalden. You run through the village of Churwalden (1240 m above sea level) past the post office, Coop, and after the Hotel Hemmi, turn left. Then begins a longer uphill section to Büel, Foppa. In Foppa (1753 m above sea level), you turn onto an asphalt road leading towards Parpan. After about 1 km downhill, you leave the road on the right onto a narrow path towards Mittelberg. In Mittelberg, turn left onto an asphalt road that goes to Parpan. At the first fork in Parpan (1493 m above sea level), turn right towards the main road, shortly before the main road turn left and then run parallel to the road up to the Hotel Alpina. After the bus stop, turn left. After about 15 m, turn right and after another 10 m, right again. Then turn directly onto a narrow path that goes over roots up to the Valbellnerhöhe. There you run past a very small lake and then run parallel downhill to Canols. To the right, you can see the large Heidsee. You cross the main road there and then run past the kiosk Canols. After a lap around the beautiful Heidsee to the right, you cross the main road at the valley station of the Rothorn cable car. After the underpass, turn sharply right and then run up a gentle slope on the sidewalk; after about 100 m, cross the side road at the zebra crossing and run straight into the forest. After about 1.5 km on a gravel road in the forest, you cross a side road and the main road at the underpass. After running around the schoolhouse, you leave Lenzerheide (1478 m above sea level) again at the underpass and then run right towards the center after the underpass. After the tourist info and UBS building, turn left and run up a steep asphalt road. After about 100 m, turn left onto a gravel road about 1 m wide. After the steep gravel section, turn left onto an asphalt road; after about 25 m, turn right. After another 100 m, turn left and climb steeply again towards the waterfall. The slope up to the waterfall is narrow and very exhausting. Upon reaching the waterfall, a beautiful high trail leads to Alp Scharmoin (1904 m above sea level) to the mid-station of the Rothorn cable car. From the mid-station for about 1 km, there are many steep sections on a gravel road. Then there is a small section of about 500 m that is flatter. However, then begins the final ascent from 2266 m above sea level over a distance of about 2.5 km up to the Rothorn summit at 2861 m above sea level. Once you are standing on the summit, you can be proud of what you have accomplished because then you have completed the toughest marathon in the world!