Switzerland, Graubunden, Switzerland
A remote, boulder strewn crossing linking Davos to the wild Lower Engadine.
Length
26 km
In miles
16.2 mi
Driving time
39 min
Atlas rating
8.8 / 10
The run
Davos to Susch. Drive it in either direction, though the views usually favour the climb.
Season
Closed roughly November to May
Nearby
24 km away
Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse
Thirty four hairpins climb past the turquoise Silvretta reservoir to a glacier ringed summit.
28 km away
Julier Pass
A fast, sweeping Roman era route across a bare, boulder strewn Engadine watershed.
28 km away
Albula Pass
Tight forested hairpins give way to a bare summit above the Albula rail viaducts.
38 km away
Bernina Pass
Glaciers hang over the road as it threads past turquoise Lago Bianco to the Poschiavo valley.
43 km away
Maloja Pass
Tight zigzags drop dramatically off the Engadine plateau toward the Italian border.
44 km away
Passo dell'Umbrail
Switzerland's link into the Stelvio is a quieter alternative with the same drama.
Longer journeys
55m
Furka Pass
Furka takes about fifty five minutes end to end, longer if you stop at the Belvédère, and it is open from roughly June to October depending on snow clearance. It is not dangerous if driven with sense, the road is wide and immaculately surfaced, but the drop below the Belvédère hairpin is real and the weather can close in fast above 2,000 metres.
1h 05m
Grimsel Pass
Granite, reservoirs and a surface that flatters every car.
1h 15m
Susten Pass
Built for the view rather than the shortest line, and the finest surface in Europe.