Avers Valley
The main road runs past the turning for the Lago di Lei dam along the Avers valley, whose German- speaking population originally came from the Valais (Wallis) and adopted the Reformed faith as early as 1530. After passing through the hamlet of Campsut (1,670 m/5,479ft) the road comes to Cröt (1,720 m/5,643ft: inn), at the mouth of the Madriser Tal, with the Cima di Lago (3,082 m/10,112ft) and Piz Gallgione (3,135 m/10,286ft) rearing up in the background. It then climbs the wooded hillside in sharp bends, crosses the Rhine once again and after a number of other sharp bends reaches the highest part of the valley.
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Cresta, Switzerland
Cresta (Avers, 1,960 m/6,431ft), beautifully situated amid flower-spangled Alpine meadows, attracts many visitors as a mountain resort, a climbing base, and offers good skiing. Outside the closely huddled village of brown wooden houses is the picturesque little 17th C. church. On the east side of the valley are the three peaks of the Weissberg (3,057 m/10,030ft; three hours) and the bold pyramidal silhouette of Piz Platta (3,398 m/11,149ft; four-five hours).
Juf, Switzerland
From Cresta the road runs for 6km/4mi, past the Podestatshaus (2,042 m/6,700ft; built 1664), to Juf (2,133 m/6,998ft), the highest permanently inhabited settlement in the Alps. From here it is possible to walk to Casaccia over the Septimer pass (Pass da Sett) or to Bovio. Beyond the junction with the road to Andeer, the N 18 expressway to Splügen and San Bernardino continues through a long gallery above the Rofla gorge, and then through two tunnels, one fairly long, the other shorter. Below, to the right, is the Hinterrhein.
Sufner-See
Up the Avers valley, on the left past Juf, is the Sufner-See (alt. 1,401 m/4,597ft; capacity 18.3million cu. m/646million cu. ft), formed by a dam 58 m/190ft high (viewing platform), which is linked with the reservoir in the Valle di Lei. Beyond this, on the right (exit road from expressway), is the little village of Sufers (1,387 m/4,551ft).
