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Julier Pass – Silvaplana Market Square loop from Tiefencastel

Julier Pass – Silvaplana Market Square loop from Tiefencastel

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Julier Pass – Silvaplana Market Square loop from Tiefencastel

05:08

86.8km

2,150m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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14.4 km

Lai da Marmorera (reservoir)
The Lai da Marmorera is a reservoir in the municipality of Surses, which is operated by the Mittelbünden power plants of the Zurich City Electricity Works (EWZ). It can be reached from Tiefencastel or from the Engadin from the village of Silvaplana via the Julier Pass. The only village on the lake is Marmorera. Above the western end of the dam are the ruins of Marmels Castle.
The Marmorera Dam (Castiletto) was completed in 1954. The old Marmorera was flooded after the most important buildings had been blown up. The new Marmorera was built above the reservoir and the Julierpass road. Many residents chose to move away for economic and emotional reasons.
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31.3 km

Final hairpin bends to Julier Pass

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Nice road with fast descent to Bivio

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Julier Pass

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As the main traffic artery between the Upper Engadin and the rest of the world, the Julier Pass is quite busy, but remains open throughout the winter. The road passes 964 meters in altitude from Tiefencastel (851 m) to Silvaplana (1815 m).

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Silvaplana Market Square

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Nice location to take a breather before driving up to the Julier Pass.

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Julier Pass Ascent from Silvaplana

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The Julier climb of Silvaplana is rather tame and short, yet scenic quite beautiful, because you have the whole time very nice view, but for the price of correspondingly little shade. Also, the Julier is in contrast to the nearby Albula but rather heavy traffic, which especially in the main holiday time spoils the enjoyment a bit. The road is very wide and leads from Silvaplana first in some curves up the slope, but then turns off soon in the valley bottom, which you follow on almost straight track to the pass.

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View over the entire Lake Marmorera

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Great view of the entire Marmorera reservoir from the beginning of the lake towards the north to the dam. In spring with little water. Attention: only accessible by bike and only with little traffic, as it is directly on the pass road.

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86.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

79.6 km

4.08 km

1.38 km

1.01 km

501 m

199 m

Surfaces

86.8 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,280 m)

Lowest point (850 m)

Weather

Wednesday 12 August

26°C

16°C

11 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

August 10, 2025,Zum Julier Pass von Tiefencastel

Note: Since komoot interrupted the recording once again, the route has been reconstructed. The actual average speed was 19.9 km/h in 3 hours and 50 minutes (and a top speed of 84 km/h according to the speedometer...).

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Julier Pass – Silvaplana Market Square loop from Tiefencastel

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Lai da Marmorera

Lai da Marmorera

Final hairpin bends to Julier Pass

Julier Pass

Silvaplana Market Square

Julier Pass Ascent from Silvaplana

View over the entire Lake Marmorera

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