S-chanf - Dürrboden

Church of S-chanf

The first part up to the junction at Chapella into the Val Susauna and from there a few more kilometres into the valley is quite flat and easy to walk. Then the ascent becomes more serious, but up to Alp Funtauna still on a passable path. Alp Funtauna is not catered for, but the babbling brooks invite us to refresh ourselves from the rucksack. Now follows the final ascent on the historic mule and pilgrimage route to Scalettapass, the highest point of the Graubünden pilgrimage route, first in a few hairpin bends, then consistently northwards to the pass. In this upper region we are impressively close to rocky structures, but walk on an unproblematic path. On the descent only the first few hundred metres have rough rock blocks.
On this stage we have to be prepared that from Chapella/Susauna until arriving in Dürrboden we move away from tourist infrastructures – so we have to pay attention not only to food and drinks but also to the weather.