Smuggler route Maloja

The "Percorso dei Contrabbandieri - Capel, Maloja" extends over an approximately 1 1/2 hour hike from Maloja heading south. Through an enchanted larch forest, you reach Lägh da Bitabergh, where the smuggler path ends and the mountain lake idyll invites you to rest and linger. Along the way, 17 stations provide exciting insights into the life and work of the smugglers. In search of the hidden smuggled goods, you learn to navigate in nature, orient yourself by compass direction and/or the position of the sun, combined with lots of movement, play, and fun in the mountains. The stations are equipped with knowledge about smuggler life and provide anecdotes from the smugglers' lives. They also convey "vital" clues, such as first aid recipes from the wild.

For one and a half centuries, from the beginning of the 19th century well into the 20th century, smuggling was an important source of income for the population, especially in Bergell and Engadin. A wide range of goods was smuggled, especially food and luxury items, which allowed good business deals and made life in the formerly very barren mountain valleys more pleasant.

Further information
Engadin Tourismus AG
Via Maistra 1
CH-7500 St. Moritz
Phone: +4 81 830 00 01 
E-mail: allegra@engadin.ch 
Internet: www.engadin.ch 

After the smuggler route, the barbecue areas at Lake Cavloccio invite you to a cozy picnic.