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Pragel Pass

Pragelstrasse · Muotathal → Glarus · Switzerland

Length
21 miles
Drive time
1 h 15 min
Type
Technical road
Region
Europe

Before you go: ⚠ Closed by snow roughly Nov–May. Glarus side (Richisau–Klöntal) is closed to motor traffic on Saturdays and Sundays — weekend crossings are only possible from the Muotathal side up to the summit. Narrow single-track with passing places; 3.5 t limit, no trailers.

One of Switzerland's wildest paved passes: a strip of single-track climbing out of the Muota valley to 1,548 m, then dropping past Richisau and along the turquoise Klöntalersee to Glarus. Remote, raw and utterly memorable — plan around the weekend ban.

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