Flüela pass to the Engadine
The shortest route from the Rhine valley to the Lower Engadine goes from Landquart through the Prättigau to Davos Dorf and from there over the Flüela pass to Susch. The Flüela pass road between Davos and Susch (27km/17mi), opened to traffic in 1867, is between 5.5 and 7 m/18 and 23ft wide, with gradients of up to 10%. In winter the road is closed for 40 days, on average, due to the risk of avalanches. This problem should be solved in the future by the construction of a new tunnel.
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Flüela pass
13km/8mi beyond Tschuggen is the Flüela pass (2,383 m/7,819ft: mountain inn), the highest mountain pass in the Grisons, 3.75 hours on foot from Davos Dorf.
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Susch, Switzerland
(Near Davos)
Beyond the Flüela pass, at the head of the lower Engadine, Susch (1,426 m/4,680ft: pop. 222), straddles the Inn and the Susaca.
Tschuggen
From Dörfji (1,800 m/5,908ft: restaurant), from which there is a beautiful view to the rear of the Weissfluh, one can reach Tschuggen 7km/4mi southeast (1,938 m/6,361ft: holiday center, 100 chalets; in summer postal bus service from Davos), amid magnificent expanses of rhododendrons and stone pines.
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Vereina-Bahn
Construction began in 1988 of a tunnel which at the turn of this century will enable motorists to avoid using the Flüela pass between Davos and Unterengadin which is frequently impassable. A 19km/11mi-long tunnel is being excavated between Klosters and Susch/Lawin, through which the motor-rail "Vereina-Bahn" will travel.
