Silvaplana / Surlej

7km/4mi southwest of Piz Julier, at the junction with the road over the Julier pass, is Silvaplana (1,815 m/5,955ft; bypass), a health and winter sports resort situated on the green alluvial fan of the Ova dal Vallun, with a Late Gothic parish church (1491). A bridge crosses the narrow neck of the lake on which it lies to a 19th C. baronial mansion, the Crap da Sass (private property), and the houses and chalets of Surlej ("above the lake"). 15-minute walk farther up is the lower station (1,870 m/6,135ft; parking, restaurant) of the Corvatsch cableway.