Albula Range

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The Albula Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. It is considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps. It is named after the river Albula. The Albula Range is separated from the Oberhalbstein Range in the west by the Septimer Pass and the Julia River valley; from the Plessur Range in the north-west by the Landwasser river valley; from the Silvretta group in the north-east by the Flüela Pass; from the Bernina Range in the south-east by the Maloja Pass and the Inn River valley (upper Engadin).

The Albula Range is drained by the rivers Albula, Julia, Landwasser and Inn.

[edit] Peaks

The main peaks of the Albula Range are:

Peak	Elevation (m/ft)
Piz Kesch	3422	11,288
Piz Calderas	3393	11,132
Piz Julier	3385	11,106
Piz d'Err	3381	11,093
Piz Ela	3340	10,959
Piz Uertsch	3273	10,739
Piz Ot	3251	10,667
Piz Vadret	3226	10,584
Tinzenhorn	3179	10,430
Piz Mitgel	3163	10,378
Flüela Schwarzhorn	3156	10,355
Hoch Ducan	3066	10,060
Piz Lunghin	2780	9121

[edit] Passes

The Albula Range is crossed by one railway tunnel, under the Albula Pass. The main mountain passes of the Albula Range are:

Mountain pass	location	type	elevation (m/ft)
Fuorcla Calderas	Mulegns to Bever	snow	3130	10,270
Fuorcla d'Eschia	Madulain to Bergün	snow	3008	9869
Sertig Pass	Davos to S-chanf	foot path	2762	9062
Tinzentor	Bergün to Savognin	foot path	2718	8918
Ducan Pass	Davos to Bergün	foot path	2671	8763
Forcella di Lunghino	Maloja to the Septimer Pass	foot path	2635	8645
Scaletta Pass	Davos to S-chanf	bridle path	2619	8593
Suvretta Pass	St. Moritz to Val Bever	bridle path	2618	8590
Fuorcla d'Alp Fontauna	Bergün to S-chanf	foot path	2615	8580
Grialetsch Pass	Davos to Susch	foot path	2546	8353
Flüela Pass	Davos to Susch	road	2389	7838
Albula Pass	Bergün to La Punt-Chamues-ch	road	2315	7595
Septimer Pass	Bivio to Val Bregaglia	bridle path	2311	7582
Julier Pass	Thusis to Silvaplana	road	2287	7504
Maloja Pass	St. Moritz to Chiavenna	road	1815	5955