This great European road was contributed by Alex Christou
The Flüela Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps. The road connects Davos and Susch in the lower Engadin valley.
This is an excellent pass along an extremely quiet valley, with a limited number of villages which allows you to get into a great driving rhythm, without having to slow down and then speed up again every few kilometres.
Starting from the north end at Davos, the initial rise up is through a beautiful alpine forest, with a nice collection of wide sweeping bends running into one another. As you rise further up the pass, and burst through the forest and above the tree line (approximately 1800M) the pass starts to tighten, however it never becomes extreme (switchback on top of switchback) so allows you to keep the rhythm going all the way to the top.
Coming back down is a little steeper, and there are a few more twisty sections as you come out of the main valley and back into the wooded area. The pass has an immaculate road surface, and you can usually enjoy it end to end almost uninterrupted.
