Glass pass

Glass pass
	The glass pass with a view to the west
Pass height	1846 m above sea level M.
Canton	Graubünden , Switzerland
Mountains	Adula Alps
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	Map (Graubünden)
Coordinates	746 093 / 171 342 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '38 " N , 9 ° 20' 53" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and forty-six thousand and ninety-three / 171,342

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The Glaspass ( Rhaeto-Romanic claus " enclosure ", Latin clausum 'included' ), Rhaeto-Romanic also Tavellas , is an Alpine pass in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

With a peak height of 1846 m above sea level. M. it connects Cazis and Thusis in Domleschg over Heinzenberg with Safien-Platz in Safiental . The summit of the pass, the eastern ascent and the Glas plateau lie within the municipality of Tschappina . The western section, called "Stäga" (stairs) in Walser, up to the ledge below it and the southern opposite slope of the Carnusabach (Verdusalp) are part of the Safiental community. The Glaspass is only accessible by car on the east side (to Innerglas 1.5 km west of the top of the pass).

photos

View from the northeast of the Glaspass
Middle Safiental, view of the Glaspass and Piz Beverin
Joshua Zinsli, the last mule trains on mule track over the Glaspass

Web links

Commons : Glaspass - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name . Small Rhaetian name book with two and a half thousand geographical names of Graubünden. Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur and Bottmingen / Basel 1988, ISBN 3-7298-1047-2 , p. 92 .

[1] Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name . Small Rhaetian name book with two and a half thousand geographical names of Graubünden. Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur and Bottmingen / Basel 1988, ISBN 3-7298-1047-2 , p. 92 .