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Chrüzli Pass

Coordinates: 46°43′21″N 08°44′54″E / 46.72250°N 8.74833°E / 46.72250; 8.74833
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Chrüzlipass
View from the summit of the pass
Elevation2,346 m (7,697 ft)[1]
Traversed byTrail
LocationUri/Graubünden, Switzerland
RangeGlarus Alps
Coordinates46°43′21″N 08°44′54″E / 46.72250°N 8.74833°E / 46.72250; 8.74833
Topo mapSwiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Chrüzlipass is located in Switzerland
Chrüzlipass
Chrüzlipass
Location in Switzerland

The Chrüzli Pass (2,346 m (7,697 ft), Swiss German for Small Cross (as a diminutive) Pass) is a historic high mountain pass of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Graubünden (GR). It is also known as the Kreuzli Pass or Chrüxli Pass. It connects the Maderanertal (UR) and the Tujetsch (e.g. Sedrun) in Surselva (GR). It is one of the lowest passes between the two cantons and is traversed by a trail.

The pass is overlooked by the Witenalpstock and the Chrüzlistock.

Below the Chrüzlipass, or more precisely between it and the Chrüzlistock, runs the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

References

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  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps.
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