Maloja Pass
The Maloja is the odd one out among Engadine passes: pancake-flat along the lake-strewn valley from St Moritz, then suddenly off a cliff — thirteen tight hairpins tumbling towards Italy in a wall of bends best admired from the viewpoint above the top switchback.
- Best forMountain
- Approx. flying time~12h 05m from Los Angeles
- Nearest airportAgno (LUG)
About this place
Painters adored this light; Segantini refused to leave it. Carry on down to Lake Como for lunch and you've linked Switzerland's grandest valley to Italy's grandest lake in a single morning. Autumn brings golden larches and empty tarmac.
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When to go
Daytime highs run from about -2°C in January to 18°C in July. Driest in January and February; wettest in May, with rain on about 22 days.
The year at a glance — pick a month for detail
August18° · rain 18 daysCool and often wet.
Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Live conditions from MET Norway, CC BY 4.0.
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Flights
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Nearby destinations
St. Moritz
Switzerland · 15km away →
Livigno
Italy · 37km away →
Varenna
Lake Como, Italy · 54km away →
The GoldenEye bungee
Verzasca Dam, Switzerland · 69km away →
Lugano
Switzerland · 72km away →
Mount Titlis
Engelberg, Switzerland · 109km away →Elsewhere in Switzerland
