Switzerland, Graubunden, Switzerland
Wild, narrow hairpins on the Italian side rank among the Alps' most intense single lane drives.
Length
19 km
In miles
11.8 mi
Driving time
36 min
Atlas rating
9.1 / 10
The run
Splugen to Campodolcino. Drive it in either direction, though the views usually favour the climb.
Season
Closed roughly November to May
Nearby
12 km away
San Bernardino Pass
A smooth historic alternative to the motorway tunnel with long views into the Misox valley.
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.
30 km away
Maloja Pass
Tight zigzags drop dramatically off the Engadine plateau toward the Italian border.
53 km away
Oberalp Pass
A high, wide open pass paralleling the scenic Glacier Express rail line.
53 km away
Fluela Pass
A remote, boulder strewn crossing linking Davos to the wild Lower Engadine.
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.