Stage 1: Müstair – Lü
Stage 1 in brief
Stage 1 of the Way of Saint James covers 17.6 km from Müstair to Lü, Grisons, Switzerland.
It climbs 820 m and descends 160 m, topping out at 1,918 m; it starts at 1,246 m and ends at 1,918 m.
The official walking time is 5 h.
On the SAC hiking scale it is graded T2 (mountain hiking). In terms of effort it counts as demanding.
70% of the way is on natural paths, 0% on gravel and 30% on tarmac; 36% of it runs through forest.
The best months are June–October, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.
At the high point the warmest month, July, averages 19° by day.
A bus stop or station lies within 800 m of the start or the finish. There is a car park near the start.
This is one of the route's official stages.
Facts
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mThe year month by month
- Janunsuitable
- Febunsuitable
- Marunsuitable
- Aprunsuitable
- Mayunsuitable
- Jungood, wetter
- Julgood, wetter
- Auggood, wetter
- Sepgood, wetter
- Octgood, wetter
- Novunsuitable
- Decunsuitable
Climate at the high point (1,918 m)
Averages 1981–2010 adjusted to the height with 6.5 °C per km; daylight at the start| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -1° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 3° | -1° |
| Average low | -12° | -12° | -7° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 3° | -1° | -6° | -11° |
| Precipitation | 43 mm | 35 mm | 48 mm | 60 mm | 92 mm | 96 mm | 114 mm | 109 mm | 81 mm | 88 mm | 76 mm | 52 mm |
| Daylight | 8 h 58 min | 10 h 19 min | 11 h 51 min | 13 h 33 min | 15 h 00 min | 15 h 49 min | 15 h 29 min | 14 h 14 min | 12 h 36 min | 10 h 58 min | 9 h 26 min | 8 h 35 min |
This week on the route
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Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Town or village | Taufers im Münstertal · 1.8 km off the route | 1,240 m |
| 0.2 | Sight | Saint John Abbey | – |
| 0.5 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 0.5 | Town or village | Müstair | 1,256 m |
| 0.9 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 1.8 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 1.8 | Picnic spot | Plazzöl | – |
| 1.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 1.8 | Shelter | – | – |
| 4.9 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 5.2 | Sight | Santa Maria Val Müstair | – |
| 5.3 | Town or village | Santa Maria Val Müstair | 1,388 m |
| 5.5 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 5.5 | Shelter | – | – |
| 6.3 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 6.4 | Sight | Jaura house | – |
| 6.7 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 10.4 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 11.2 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 13.9 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 14.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 17.3 | Town or village | Lü | 1,928 m |
| 17.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
Surface, shade and gradients
Seen along the route
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 46.62991° N, 10.45057° E · 1,246 m
- Finish
- 46.62227° N, 10.36977° E · 1,918 m
- Car park at the start
- yes · 13 m
- Stop at the start
- Clostra Son Jon · Bus stop · 5 m
- Stop at the finish
- Lü Cumün · Bus stop · 92 m
- Nearest airport
- Bolzano Airport (BZO) · 69.5 km
- Nearest airport
- Innsbruck Airport (INN) · 97.8 km
Conditions change: check the official sources, the signposts and the weather before you set off. Walking times follow DIN 33466 and do not include breaks. Route data as of 2026-10-16. Report an error