Carnusapass

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Carnusapass
Carnusapass in the gap to the left of Piz Tarantschun, seen from the north (Safien side)

Carnusapass in the gap to the left of Piz Tarantschun, seen from the north (Safien side)

Compass direction northwest Southeast
Pass height 2605  m above sea level M.
Canton Grisons Grisons
Watershed (Carnusabach, Rabiusa , Vorderrhein , Rhine ) ( Hinterrhein , Rhine )
Valley locations Safien Platz / Safiental Wergenstein / Schams
expansion Widened mule track
Mountains Splügen limestone mountains
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Carnusapass (Switzerland)
Carnusapass
Coordinates 745 987  /  166691 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '8 "  N , 9 ° 20' 43"  O ; CH1903:  745987  /  166691
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The Carnusapass is a mountain pass in the Adula Alps in the canton of Graubünden . At an altitude of 2605  m above sea level. M. it connects the places Safien and Wergenstein . A mule track leads over the pass . On both sides of the top of the pass, the path is noticeably developed with hairpin bends, which are usually shortened by hikers because they are too flat for them. The expansion was possibly related to Army trains during World War II. The pass lies between the Piz Tarantschun ( 2769  m ) in the southwest and the Runal ( 2705  m ) in the northeast. Piz Beverin lies further to the northeast .

  • Expansion on the Wergenstein side

  • Pass height