The Lukmanier Pass is a Alpine pass and connects the Surselva in the canton Grisons with the Blenio Valley in the canton Ticino.
Regions
The Alpine Pass is the north-south transition through the Alps with the lowest peak height, it connects them Val Medel / Medelsertal in the top Surselva (starting from Disentis) with the Blenio Valley in the canton Ticino.
places
on the North side
- Disentis (in the Surselva, Road connection along the Vorderrhein to Ilanz and Chur), also the starting point of the nach Andermatt leading Oberalp Pass
- Curaglia as the largest place in Val Medel
- Olivone and Aquarossa in the Blenio Valley,
- Biasca at the foot of the Blenio valley, there connection to Gotthard axis.
background
The Lukmanier Pass or Passo del Lucomagno is a north-south cross-alpine pass with a road connection. Since 2010, following an expansion of winter safety measures, the pass has been largely kept open in winter, after a winter closure had been in place again from 1980. So now the Surselva via a winter-safe road connection to the south.
The pass, which was apparently already crossed in Roman times, experienced its most important time in the Franconian Empire at the time of the foundation of the Disentis Monastery and in the High Middle Ages, later it was replaced by the more direct connections of the Gotthard and Splügen Passes, although their culmination points are higher. At the Lukmanier Pass it is located at 1972 m above sea level. just north of the pass with the hospice.
After the reservoir was built Lai da Sontga Maria the pass road was moved into a long avalanche protection gallery, the new hospice and the chapel were inaugurated in 1965/67.
language
North of the pass, Rumantsch sursilvan resp. Spoken Graubünden German, Italian in the south.
getting there
The Lukmanierpassstrasse416 walks into Disentis from the main road 19Andermatt - Oberalp Pass - Disentis - Ilanz - Chur from, in Reichenau it has a connection to the autobahn 
.
In the south, the Lukmanierpassstrasse reaches west of Biasca the Gotthard motorway A2 resp. the main road 2 south.
The Lukmanier Pass is another way of reaching eastern Switzerland from Ticino if there are traffic disruptions on the Gotthard route and the San Bernardino route at the same time, but the journey time on the scenic route is considerably longer.
The road connection is also from Post bus service with the line Biasca - Disentis used.
Tourist Attractions
- the reservoir Lai da Sontga Maria and the chapel and the hospice at the top of the pass
- the Ticino villages Olivone and Aquarossa
activities
- from the top of the pass you can head towards Val Medel - Disentis, to the east towards Luzzone - reservoir and on to Greina - plateau and west towards Ritom - reservoir to be hiked.
- the Val Medel and the Lukmanier area are also popular with spotlights (mineral / crystal hunters).
climate
After the winter-proof expansion, the Lukmanier Pass will be kept passable all year round at great expense, but winter equipment (snow chains or all-wheel drive) is then often mandatory.
literature
Web links
- www.lucomagno.ch with road status report in winter
