Stage 6: Zernez – S-chanf (Cinous-chel)
Stage 6 in brief
Stage 6 of the Way of Saint James covers 9.9 km from Zernez to S-chanf (Cinous-chel), Grisons, Switzerland.
It climbs 340 m and descends 180 m, topping out at 1,721 m; it starts at 1,472 m and ends at 1,630 m.
The official walking time is 2 h 40 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; 14% of it runs through forest.
The best month is October, judged by temperature and rain at the highest point.
At the high point the warmest month, August, averages 17° 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
- 9.9 km
- Ascent / descent
- 340 m / 180 m
- Highest / lowest point
- 1,721 m / 1,471 m
- Walking time
- 2 h 40 min
- Grade
- T2 · mountain hiking
- Effort
- moderate
- Steepest kilometre
- 11 %
- In forest
- 14 %
- Best months
- Oct
- Start
- Zernez
- Network
- Regional route · 43
- Stages
- 6 / 19
The line on the ground
Elevation profile
Height every 20 mThe year month by month
- Janunsuitable
- Febunsuitable
- Marunsuitable
- Aprpossible
- Maygood, wetter
- Jungood, wetter
- Julgood, wetter
- Auggood, wetter
- Sepgood, wetter
- Octgood
- Novpossible
- Decunsuitable
Climate at the high point (1,721 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° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 10° | 5° | 2° |
| Average low | -12° | -9° | -3° | 0° | 5° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 8° | 5° | -5° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 94 mm | 75 mm | 93 mm | 98 mm | 155 mm | 183 mm | 209 mm | 212 mm | 154 mm | 136 mm | 136 mm | 103 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 30 min | 14 h 14 min | 12 h 36 min | 10 h 57 min | 9 h 25 min | 8 h 35 min |
This week on the route
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Kilometre by kilometre
| km | What | Name | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Sight | Zernez railway station | – |
| 0.0 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 0.0 | Shelter | – | – |
| 0.1 | Town or village | Zernez | 1,477 m |
| 7.6 | Shelter | – | – |
| 7.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 8.1 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 9.1 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 9.4 | Sight | Cinuos-chel | – |
| 9.6 | Drinking water | – | – |
| 9.9 | Railway station | Cinuos-chel-Brail | 1,640 m |
Surface, shade and gradients
Seen along the route
Start, stops and airports
- Start
- 46.69788° N, 10.09029° E · 1,472 m
- Finish
- 46.63818° N, 10.02130° E · 1,630 m
- Car park at the start
- yes · 5 m
- Stop at the start
- Zernez · Railway station · 15 m
- Stop at the finish
- Cinuos-chel-Brail · Railway station · 51 m
- Nearest airport
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) · 96.4 km
- Nearest airport
- Bolzano Airport (BZO) · 97.9 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