Cruschetta

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Cruschetta

(S-charljoch, S-charljöchl, Passo della Crocetta)

The Swiss side with Piz Pisoc

The Swiss side with Piz Pisoc

Compass direction North south
Pass height 2291  m
Lower Engadine , Graubünden , Switzerland
canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons SwitzerlandSwitzerland  		Vinschgau , South Tyrol , Italy
South-TirolSouth-Tirol ItalyItaly 
Watershed Clemgia → Inn → Danube → Black Sea Valgarola → Rome → Adige → Po → Mediterranean
Valley locations Scuol ( 1243  m above sea level ) / S-charl ( 1810  m above sea level ) Taufers ( 1240  m slm )
expansion Mountain path
Mountains Sesvenna group, Eastern Alps
Map (Graubünden)
Cruschetta (Canton of Graubünden)
Cruschetta
Coordinates , ( CH ) 46 ° 41 '28 "  N , 10 ° 23' 39"  O ( 826 024  /  175 345 ) coordinates: 46 ° 41 '28 "  N , 10 ° 23' 39"  O ; CH1903:  826,024  /  175 345
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The Cruschetta , in German also S-charljoch or S-charljöchl , in Italian called Passo della Crocetta , is 2291 meters above sea level. high pass in the Alps .

geography

The pass lies in the Sesvenna group and connects the villages of S-charl (1810 m above sea level) and Scuol (1243 m above sea level) in the canton of Graubünden , Switzerland , with the village of Taufers in the Münstertal (1240 m above sea level) above sea level) in South Tyrol , Italy .

A mountain hiking trail leads over the pass. It is impassable for vehicles due to the steep and rocky terrain. From Taufers you get to the Avignatal, a left side valley of the Munster valley. From there the short but steep ascent leads past the Jöchl Hut to the top of the pass (2291 m above sea level), near which the Valgarolebach rises. on which a crucifix and a boundary stone dated 1861 stand. There is a small pond on the Swiss side of the pass. The descent is through Val Plazèr into Val S-charl , where the pass path joins the mountain paths of the Pass da Costainas and the Fuorcla Funtana da S-charl . The path leads along the Clemgia river to the mountain village of S-charl and from there out of the valley to Scuol. The skyline is shaped (from the top of the pass) on the Swiss side by Piz Pisoc (3173 m above sea level), on the Italian side by the Ortler (3905 m above sea level).

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  • Italian side with Val d'Avigna

  • Italian side with Ortler

  • Crucifix on the top of the pass

  • Pass summit with Piz Pisoc

  • Swiss side: Val S-charl with Piz Madlain

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