Pass da Costainas

Pass da Costainas
Compass direction	north	south
Pass height	2251  m above sea level M.
	Graubünden , Switzerland
Watershed	Clemgia	Aval Laider
Valley locations	Scuol	Santa Maria Val Mustair
expansion	Street / way	path
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Ø pitch	% (1053 m /? Km)	% (876 m /? Km)
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Coordinates	824 161  /  170302 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '47 "  N , 10 ° 22' 2"  O ; CH1903:  eight hundred and twenty-four thousand one hundred sixty-one  /  170302

The Pass da Costainas ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Vallader for “pass of the steep slopes”, “sloping pass”) lies at the southern end of the Val S-charl and connects the Lower Engadine with the Val Müstair and the Italian Vinschgau . The pass forms the headwaters of the Clemgia .

The pass is part of the annual national park bike marathon with start and finish in Scuol . Transalp mountain bikers cross the main Alpine ridge via the Pass da Costainas as part of the so-called Albrecht route . The pass is one of the few routes over the main Alpine ridge that can be driven completely by mountain bike and is not open to motor vehicle traffic.