Box pass

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Box pass
Kistenpass seen from Kistenstöckli, Limmeren reservoir on the left

Kistenpass seen from Kistenstöckli, Limmeren reservoir on the left

Compass direction Northwest southeast
Pass height 2638  m above sea level M.
Canton Glarus Grisons
Watershed Linth Flem
Valley locations Linthal Breil / Brigels
expansion Mule track
Map (Graubünden)
Kistenpass (Canton of Graubünden)
Box pass
Coordinates 721 225  /  187 755 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '48 "  N , 9 ° 1' 39"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-one thousand two hundred twenty-five  /  187,755
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The Kistenpass (Rätorom. Pass Lembra ) is a mountain pass that connects Linthal in the Glarus hinterland with Breil / Brigels in the Bündner Vorderrhein Valley.

location

The top of the pass ( 2638  m above sea level ) lies between the Kistenpasshütte ( 2714  m above sea level ), about 1.2 km to the north, and the Biferten hut ( 2482  m above sea level ) of the Academic Alpine Club Basel, 1.7 km to the south (AACB) and around 800 meters above the Limmernsee . The pass is not passable.

history

The Kistenpass was only of regional importance and was mainly used by the farmers of Brigels to summer their cattle on the Limmernalp and their sheep in the Muttsee area. In 1525 an Ilanzer reported about his visit to the Glarner Kirchweih over the stony Nüschenalp southeast of the Baumgartenalp and the artistic Pantenbrücke behind Tierfehd . In 1799 the pass was crossed by parts of the Austrian army. In 1887 the Muttseehütte ( 2501  m above sea level ) of the SAC section Winterthur was built. The federal decision in the war year 1939 to build a box road was never implemented.

Circular hike

On the 6-hour circular hike from Brigels - Crest Falla chairlift - Alp Quader - Rubi Sura - mountain lake behind the Péz d'Artgas - Kistenpass - Bifertenhütte - mountain lake - Rubi Sut - Uaul Scatlè (highest located spruce forest in Europe) - Brigels can tell the geological history of the region can be explored with the help of a guide. The handy guide describes places where the formation and geological structure of the Alps can be practically understood. There are fossils in the limestone layers near the Bifertenhütte.

Trivia

The term Kistenpass was colloquially used in Switzerland for many side streets with little traffic. This usually meant secret routes or detour connections that were used by motorized road users on their way home after excessive alcohol consumption in order to avoid a possible police check ( Kiste = coll. For intoxication ). However, these routes were of course also known to the local police forces. In addition, the risk of accidents was greater on the mostly narrow, unlit and poorly marked side streets, so that using such a “box pass” when drunk often turned out to be an own goal.

literature

  • E. Blumer: Landesfusswege , 1990
  • Conrad Cavigilli: Short Earth History Guide

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Conrad Cavigilli: Brief geological Guide
  2. ↑ See. Ortsnamen.ch Lemma Chischtepass (Frenkendorf BL)