05. - 23. October 2024 - Restrictions on parking and facilities due to Big Air Chur 2024. 

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Kunkels Bike No. 482

Medium
29.8 km
3:45 h
938 mhd
778 mhd
Hinteres Taminatal
Das Dorf Vättis und der Kunkelspass von oben

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Mapraggsee
The bike tour over the Kunkelspass is a real classic, which connects the health resort Bad Ragaz with Tamins. At the same time the famous mountain Calanda is completely circumnavigated.
Technique 3/6
Fitness 3/6
Highest Point  1358 m
Lowest Point  502 m
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Start
Bad Ragaz, train station
Destination
Tamins, village
Coordinates
47.009752, 9.505074

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Description

From Bad Ragaz, the pass route, which was already used by the Romans, leads steadily uphill to the spa town of Valens. There you drive rather flat over the almost 100 meter high bridge further down to Vasön and the Mapragg reservoir. Before the dam, turn right and drive along the lakeshore before continuing on the main road at the end of the lake.


Through a wild valley basin with almost vertical mountain flanks rising on both sides, we continue to Vättis. The final ascent to the pass now runs away from traffic in an untouched, grandiose landscape. Shortly after the Eggwald mountain restaurant, you leave the canton of St.Gallen and you are now on Graubünden soil before you reach the top of the pass.


At the transition from the Tamina Valley to the Rhine Valley, the great differences on both sides of the watershed are astonishing. The descent to Tamins is a real treat with a view of the confluence of the Anterior and Rear Rhine.

Geheimtipp

A breather in the mountain restaurant Eggwald at Kunkelspass.

Sicherheitshinweis

The route runs partly on hiking trails, please be considerate of other trail users.

Ausrüstung

Normal bike equipment. Functional clothing is an advantage, as ascents and descents alternate.

Directions

Bad Ragaz - Valens - Vättis - Kunkelspass - Tamins

Directions

Public Transport

By train to Bad Ragaz.

Anreise Information

Motorway exit Bad Ragaz, then on the main road to the village center Bad Ragaz.

Parking

Public parking available at the parking garage zentrum (chargeable)

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