Giümela Pass

Giümela Pass
Pass Giümela (on the horizon on the left) with the road from Rossa. View from the Calanca Höhenweg .
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	2117  m above sea level M.
Canton	Ticino	Grisons
Watershed	Legiuna , Brenno → Ticino	Calancasca , Moësa → Ticino
Valley locations	Fontana	Rossa
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Coordinates	727.37 thousand  /  136976 coordinates: 46 ° 22 '19 "  N , 9 ° 5' 39"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred twenty-seven thousand three hundred and seventy  /  136976

The Pass Giümela (German Giümelapass ) is a mule track in the Swiss Alps and connects the Calanca Valley with the Blenio Valley . It is a rather seldom used crossing with a hiking trail (marked white-red-white) from Rossa ( Graubünden ) to Val Pontirone ( Ticino ). A two-day hike leads past the Capanna Cava .

The long mountain range that borders the Calanca valley to the west and the ridge of which marks the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino has only two marked crossings: the Giümela and the Bocchetta di Pianca Geneura ( 2366 m ), the first being the deeper. The pass was used in the Middle Ages for the exchange of goods and passenger traffic between the old Confederates in Leventina and Messrs. Trivulzi in Misox .

The toponym "Giümela" comes from the Latin "gemelus" (twin). At the Alpe di Giümela the two pastures of the Giümelatals and the Vedrign meet. The pass is also known as the "bride's pass" (Passo delle spose) because Pontironese people went over the pass to marry their friends in Val Calanca.

Web links

Commons : Pass Giümela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• SAC: Rifugio Alpe di Giümela 1811 m

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hikr.org: Pass Giümela 2117 m

Val Pontirone with Pass Giümela