Stage 4: Scuol – Guarda
Stage 4 in brief
Stage 4 of the Way of Saint James covers 14.7 km from Scuol to Guarda, Grisons, Switzerland.
It climbs 740 m and descends 380 m, topping out at 1,672 m; it starts at 1,285 m and ends at 1,660 m.
The official walking time is 4 h 20 min.
On the SAC hiking scale it is graded T2 (mountain hiking). In terms of effort it counts as moderate.
70% of the way is on natural paths, 0% on gravel and 30% on tarmac; 29% of it runs through forest.
The best month is April, 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
- Distance
- 14.7 km
- Ascent / descent
- 740 m / 380 m
- Highest / lowest point
- 1,672 m / 1,285 m
- Walking time
- 4 h 20 min
- Grade
- T2 · mountain hiking
- Effort
- moderate
- Steepest kilometre
- 20 %
- In forest
- 29 %
- Best months
- Apr
- Start
- Scuol
- Network
- Regional route · 43
- Stages
- 4 / 19
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mThe year month by month
- Janunsuitable
- Febunsuitable
- Marpossible
- Aprgood
- Maygood, wetter
- Jungood, wetter
- Julgood, wetter
- Auggood, wetter
- Sepgood, wetter
- Octgood, wetter
- Novpossible
- Decunsuitable
Climate at the high point (1,672 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° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 14° | 10° | 3° | -1° |
| Average low | -10° | -10° | -6° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 7° | 7° | 4° | 0° | -5° | -9° |
| Precipitation | 56 mm | 45 mm | 54 mm | 53 mm | 84 mm | 106 mm | 126 mm | 128 mm | 83 mm | 74 mm | 72 mm | 57 mm |
| Daylight | 8 h 57 min | 10 h 19 min | 11 h 51 min | 13 h 34 min | 15 h 01 min | 15 h 50 min | 15 h 31 min | 14 h 15 min | 12 h 36 min | 10 h 57 min | 9 h 25 min | 8 h 34 min |
This week on the route
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Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Sight | Scuol-Tarasp railway station | – |
| 0.0 | Railway station | Scuol-Tarasp | 1,287 m |
| 0.1 | Shelter | – | – |
| 0.1 | Hostel | Jugendherberge Scuol | – |
| 0.3 | Town or village | Scuol · 0.7 km off the route | 1,250 m |
| 0.8 | Cable car or lift | Rachögna | – |
| 3.7 | Drinking water | Vichava | – |
| 3.7 | Drinking water | Bügl Suot | – |
| 3.8 | Drinking water | Chaposch | – |
| 4.0 | Drinking water | Jordan | – |
| 4.1 | Town or village | Ftan | 1,638 m |
| 4.2 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 4.5 | Drinking water | Rontsch Dadaint | – |
| 4.6 | Drinking water | Rontsch dadoura | – |
| 7.8 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 10.3 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 10.3 | Sight | Baselgia rifurmada, Ardez | – |
| 10.3 | Town or village | Ardez | 1,466 m |
| 10.4 | Sight | Ardez | – |
| 10.4 | Sight | Chasa Könz, Ardez | – |
| 11.9 | Waterfall | Gletschermühle | – |
| 12.2 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 12.8 | Picnic spot | – | – |
| 13.1 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 14.7 | Sight | Guarda | – |
Surface, shade and gradients
Seen along the route
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 46.79346° N, 10.28660° E · 1,285 m
- Finish
- 46.77551° N, 10.15316° E · 1,660 m
- Car park at the start
- Bahnhofplatz · 2 m
- Stop at the start
- Scuol-Tarasp · Railway station · 19 m
- Stop at the finish
- Guarda · Railway station · 492 m
- Nearest airport
- Bolzano Airport (BZO) · 87.4 km
- Nearest airport
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) · 94.7 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