Upper to Lower Engadine

From the Majola pass (1,815 m/5,955ft), the boundary between the Engadine and the Val Bregaglia, the road runs northeast through the Upper Engadine, with its clear air and extensive views, to the international resort of St Moritz and two smaller resorts, popular both in summer and in winter, Celerina, where the road to the Bernina pass branches off, and Samedan. It then continues to La Punt (road on left to Albula pass) and the old-world village of Zuoz, once the chief settlement in the Engadine. Beyond S-chanf it runs through a defile at Puntota to enter the Lower Engadine, where the valley becomes narrower and more densely forested.