The Bernina Pass leads from Samedan in the Engadine to Poschiavo and on to Italian Tirano and is thus a north-south cross-alpine pass from Grisons to Italy. He runs in Bernina areathat attracts climbers, hikers and cyclists all at the same time.
The Berninapassstrasse is kept open in winter as far as possible, after heavy snowfall a winter closure can be issued from time to time; the Bernina railway line has been expanded to be winter-proof. The historic railway line with the Brusio loop viaduct as a special eye-catcher was ins UNESCO world heritage recorded.
background
After the western Alpine passes handled most of the transalpine traffic until the Middle Ages, in the early 15th century. the Bernina route is also increasingly used. So in 1410 the municipalities committed themselves Pontresina in the Engadine, Poschiavo and Brusio to maintain the way to the exit of the Poschiavo. As the Bünder in 1512 that Valtellina had conquered, the Berninaroute quickly gained in importance. In 1519 it was equipped with a chapel Bernina hospice built.
In the early 16th century. had the East route more meaning, encircled by Bernina Hospice and the 1 Lagh da la Cruseta coming from the massif of the 2 Piz Carpasc in the east and leads over the then year-round populated 1 Pisciadel.
It was not until 1555 that the route became known as the West route above 2 Cavaglia and 3 Cadera expanded, at 4 San Carlo both routes meet shortly before 5 Poschiavo back to each other.
A road was built over the east route in 1842/65, the construction of the railway line of the Bernina Railway in the years 1908/10 the course of the western route followed along the Lago Bianco and on the western slope of the Piz Caspasc.
Regions
The Bernina Pass connects them Upper Engadine with the Poschiavo, the route ends at Tirano in the Valtellina, the Italian Valtellinathat extends to the Lake Como extends.
Route
To travel by public transport, take from Zurich coming here the SBBConnection up Landquart and then get on the red narrow-gauge railway of the Rhaetian Railway in the direction of St. Moritz around. Usually you drive over the Albula line and after the Albula tunnel you reach the train station Samedan. Here you step into the Bernina Railway around. To 6 Morteratsch the railway follows the river Ova di Bernina, in a wide bend she goes around the falls of the Cascata di Bernina. The next stops bring travelers to the Diavolezza and Lagalp ski areas. At the dam of the Lago Bianco the pass is at 2235 m above sea level. overcome and the train stops at the Bernina Hospice.
The route leads back down the valley on the old one West route first the bank of the Lago Bianco along; after the stop of the 1 Alp Grüm the line leads down in wide bends with partly 270 ° tunnels Cavaglia. After a flatter stretch along the Cadera river, the line again leads through the area of the with numerous serpentine bends Alp Cadera down into the valley Poschiavo. Past the lake Lago the Poschiavo the line leads through the valley floor and climbs up Brusio on a Kehr viaduct to Campocologno and the one already on the other side of the border Tirano down as a terminus. Here there is a connection to the trains of the Italian TreNord.
You can get there by car Zurich or St. Margarethen Coming here you can get there on the Autobahn 
to Graubünden and ideally via the Julier Pass to Samedan. From the main street 
through Engadine you bend on that 
and arrives past the valley station of the Muottas Muragl funicular Pontresina, after the Plauns plain with the campsite, the Bernina pass road to get on and reach the stop 2 Bernina Suot the railway, the farmsteads were inhabited all year round in the Middle Ages. Past the valley stations of the mountain railways in the Diavolezza and Lagalp ski areas, the road leads past the smaller lakes Lej Pitschen and Lej Nair to the dam of the Lago Bianco and Bernina Hospice, just before the 1 Pass height with its 2329 m above sea level lies.
The course of the road follows the old one East route along, the road meanders rapidly to the east of the Piz Carpasc down the Val Laguné. With a few turns past the Lac da Braita it goes down to the hamlet Pisciadel. The route now leads through the valley Poschiavo, through the place Poschiavo and past 2 Lake Poschiavo above Brusio to the national border and as 
into Italian Tirano.
Tourist Attractions
- on the Bernina pass summit is the Lagh de la Cruseta reached quickly.
- 3 Camera obscura. A camera obscura was set up at the base of the cantonal civil engineering office. The light falls through a 20 mm pinhole into a totally dark room and like a photographic camera you can see the upside down image of the surrounding world of the peaks projected onto the walls. guided tour, approx. 30 min.Open: July, August Guided tours daily 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, in the off-season June - October only Sat, Sun; Guided tours only in sunny weather.Price: 10.00 Fr.
- 1 Bernina Hospice, Ospizio Bernina, Via Dal Bernina 2371, 7710 Ospizio Bernina (Poschiavo). Tel.: 41 (0)81 844 03 03, Email: [email protected].
- 2 Albergo Ristorante Cambrena, 7710 Ospizio Bernina (Poschiavo). Tel.: 41 (0)81 844 05 12, Email: [email protected].
- the old post office in 3 La Rösa was converted into an adventure hotel.
- the church 4 San Carlo Borromeo in the hamlet of San Carlo Poschiavo
- the place Poschiavo with his 5 Chiesa San Vittore Mauro and the 6 evangel. church.
- east of Lake Poschiavo is located on the alp of the same name 7 Chiesa di San Romerio
- the 8 Sweeping viaduct the Bernina Railway Brusio; the Bernina Railway is part of the UNESCO world heritage.
activities
- Ride with the Bernina Railway, the route belongs to the Albula route UNESCO world heritage.
- hike, i.a.
- Lagh da Caralin: Hike from Alp Grüm to Lagh da Palü and on to the mountain lake Lagh da Caralin
- from 7 Sfazu to Val da Camp
- the Via Valtellina (old mule route from Montafon above Thusis to Tirano in Veltlin) and the Via Albula Berninathat run along the Bernina Railway use the same route over the Bernina.
- in the winter To ski in the Diavolezza and Lagalp ski areas (see article Pontresina).
security
In the winter months, slippery snow and ice must be expected in the Alpine region, motorists can find out about closures on the website of Bündner civil engineering office.
trips
- in the near Valtellina (ital. Valtellina)
