Pass Lunghin

Pass Lunghin
	Water drains from the Lunghin Pass
Pass height	2644 m above sea level M.
expansion	no, but mountain hiking trails
Mountains	Albula Alps
particularities	Triple watershed: ; North Sea / Adriatic / Black Sea
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Coordinates	771 041 / 142667 coordinates: 46 ° 24 '49 " N , 9 ° 39' 49" O ; CH1903: 771 041 / 142667

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The Lunghin pass at 2644 m above sea level. M. is a mountain pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and, as the intersection of three continental watersheds, has a special geographical significance. Various hiking routes lead over it. Lunghin is said to go back to the Italian family name Longhini .

Main European watershed point

European river basins and main watersheds.

The Lunghin Pass is the most important watershed point of mainland Europe (outside of Russia), as the watersheds between the three largest seas that surround Europe meet here ( European main watershed ). The water flows through the following bodies of water:

to the north: Julia - Albula - Hinterrhein - Rhine - North Sea / Atlantic Ocean
to the south: Maira / Mera - Lake Como - Adda - Po - Adriatic / Mediterranean
to the east: Lunghinsee - Inn - Danube - Black Sea

While most of the watershed points are on mountain peaks, from which three ridges or ridges start, the geographical situation is different here: At the pass, from the ridge between Piz Grevasalvas and Piz Lunghin / Piz dal Sasc, a ridge branches off to the west over the Motta da Sett (2637 m ) to the Septimerpass, which separates the areas of Julia and Maira.

Location and surroundings

The pass is located in the Albula Alps , northwest below Piz Lunghin , connects the Upper Engadine with the Septimerpass and separates Piz Lunghin from Piz Grevasalvas . The municipal boundary between Bregaglia and Surses is on the pass . To the northeast below the pass is the Lägh dal Lunghin (Lunghinsee), which with its tributaries is considered the source of the Inn (here called En ).

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Panorama from Pass Lunghin from SW to NE.

Accesses

The Lunghin Pass is often used when crossing from Maloja to Bivio or when crossing the Avers over the Forcellina into the Upper Engadine . Parts of the route lead along the Senda Segantini thematic hiking trail , which connects the late focal points of the work of the painter Giovanni Segantini .

Summer routes

The pass (top left) seen from the Lunghinsee

Signs at the top of the pass, Piz Grevasalvas on the right

Over the Septimerpass

Starting point: Bivio ( 1769 m ), Casaccia ( 1458 m ) or Juf ( 2117 m )
Via: Septimerpass ( 2310 m )

From Bivio a road leads to the Septimerpass
From Casaccia through the Val Maroz on a beautifully prepared path to the Septimerpass
From Juf through the Juferalpa over the Forcellina ( 2672 m ) to the Septimerpass

Difficulty: B as hiking and white-red-white marks
Time required:

3½ hours from Bivio
3½ hours from Casaccia
4 hours from Juf

From Casaccia

Starting point: Casaccia ( 1458 m )
Via: Alpascela, between the Motta da Sett and the Piz dal Sasc
Difficulty: EB
Time required: 4 hours

From Sils

Starting point: Sils Baselgia ( 1799 m )
Via: Plaun Grand, Lunghinsee
Difficulty: B than trail white-red-white marks
Time required: 3½ hours
Note: Section of the national mountain hiking route that, coming from the Bernina Pass, continues over the Lunghin Pass into the Oberhalbstein .

From Maloja

Starting point: Maloja ( 1809 m )
Via: Plan di Zoch, Lunghinsee
Difficulty: B than trail white-red-white marks
Time required: 2½ hours

Winter routes

From Maloja

Starting point: Maloja-Cadlägh ( 1801 m )
Via: Plan di Zoch, Lunghinsee
Exposures: SE, N
Difficulty: WS-
Time required: 3 hours
Alternative: From Plaun la Lej ( 1799 m ) via Grevasalvas and Plaun Grand to Lunghinsee

From Bivio

Starting point: Bivio ( 1769 m )
Via: Tgavretga, Cadval, northeast past the Septimerpass
Exposures: NW, N
Difficulty: L +
Time required: 4 hours

Summit goals

summer

Piz Lunghin ( 2,780.4 m ), ½ hour, BG , as Alpine Route white-blue-white marked
Piz dal Sasc ( 2720 m ), ½ hour, EB
Piz Grevasalvas ( 2932 m ), 1¼ hours, L

winter

Piz Lunghin ( 2780.4 m ), ½ hour, WS
Piz dal Sasc ( 2733 m ), ½ hour, L +

literature

Manfred Hunziker: Club Guide, Bündner Alpen, Volume VI (From Septimer to Flüela). 3. Edition. Verlag des SAC, 2000, ISBN 3-85902-187-7 , pp. 67-68.
Vital Eggenberger: Ski tours Graubünden South. Verlag des SAC, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-301-7 , pp. 158–159.
National map of Switzerland, sheet 1276 Val Bregaglia, 1: 25000, Federal Office of Topography, 2011 edition.

Web links

Commons : Pass Lunghin - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Lunghin - triple watershed

Individual evidence

^ Bivio - Maloja, Senda Segantini

[1] Bivio - Maloja, Senda Segantini