Bernina Pass – Lago Bianco loop from Pozzulasc
Bernina Pass – Lago Bianco loop from Pozzulasc
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Bernina Pass – Lago Bianco loop from Pozzulasc
02:37
40.7km
1,170m
Road cycling
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: March 2, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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857 m
View of the Valposchiavo Valley from Ristorante Sfazù
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Bernina Pass
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The first part of the road is a very challenging one, with steep slopes until the Poschiavo lake. You can easily cycle to Poschiavo (the town) even on secondary roads and bike paths. Then the climb, which is very long and hard, starts again up to the pass.
The average gradient of the slope is 7.5%, the maximum slope is 9,5%. The vertical drop is over 1.890 m.
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View of the Bernina Pass
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Diavolezza Cable Car Valley Station
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The Diavolezza (Rhaeto-Romanic: she-devil) is a yoke and ski area in the municipality of Pontresina. It has an altitude of 2958 m above sea level. M. and lies south-east of Munt Pers (3206 m above sea level) in the Bernina Alps.
The mountain is accessible all year round by a cable car from Val Bernina in Upper Engadine. At the valley station (2093 m above sea level) of the cable car is the Bernina Diavolezza stop (2082 m above sea level) of the Bernina Railway from St. Moritz to Tirano. At the mountain station (2978 m above sea level) there is a restaurant with a bar and a viewing terrace .
The transport facilities and catering establishments in 1952
December 22, 1956 - Commissioning of the Bernina-Diavolezza cable car with a 50-seater cabin
Summer 1958 - conversion to a 62 cab
1959 - Construction of the "Diavolezza Firnfeld" ski lift on the Firn glacier. Skiing operations from the summer season of 1960
Text / Source: Wikipedia and Corvatsch AG, Diavolezza Lagalb AG
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diavolezza
corvatsch-diavolezza.ch/geschichte#:~:text=The%20transportation%20%20%20%20%20 restaurants, in the%20%20Diavolezza%20%20%20%20Lagalb area.
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Berninahaus Inn & Hotel
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For over 500 years: The Bernina houses
The striking group of houses was mentioned in historical documents centuries before the railway, for the first time in 1515.
In its homage, the Engadiner Post wrote in January 2015: "The path [over the Bernina Pass] was laid out for transport from the Upper Engadine to the Puschlav, the Bernina houses served as a rest stop, accommodation and horse-changing station. Because at that time in the Val Minor, a roughly four kilometers long side valley, the carters used the inn for a break. In the middle of the 19th century, a narrow road was built over the Bernina Pass. In 1909, the Morteratsch–Bernina Suot section was opened for the railway".
The inn and hotel Berninahaus is now an excellently managed establishment, a gem that sets a relaxed counterpoint to the over-the-top Engadine gastronomy. Recommended from personal experience! berninahaus.ch
Even today, this picturesque group of houses is a striking highlight on the journey over the Bernina Pass. Even with its own train station :-)
Text / Source: Rhaetian Railway RhB
berninabahn.ch/pontresina-bernina-hospiz/berninah%C3%A4user-bernina-suot/gasthaus-berninahaus
berninahaus.ch/de
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Bernina Suot Railway Station
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History of the Bernina Railway
Schweizerische Bauzeitung Vol. 35/36 from 1900:
"A great project has only recently appeared, which is called the Bernina Railway and includes the connection between Samaden and Tirano as well as a junction for Pontresina and St. Moritz Summer months are very good, but this time is a bit too short, so that it will hardly be possible to find the many millions (10) required, whereas there can be no doubt that after the opening of the Albula Railway, the first part of the Bernina Railway, the Samaden-Pontresina junction, will soon find a contractor and will be built."
Text / Source: Rhaetian Railway RhB
berninabahn.ch/geschichte-und-bau
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View of the Morteratsch Glacier
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Lago Bianco
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The Lago Bianco is a reservoir at the Bernina Pass and is located in the area of the municipalities of Pontresina and Poschiavo. The lake is located directly at the pass at 2234 meters above sea level. The Lago Bianco is bordered by two dams on its north and south sides and is around three kilometers long and about 800m wide. When filled to its maximum, the depth of the Lago Bianco is over 50 meters. The reservoir on the Bernina Pass is fed by various mountain streams and glacier water, while the Cavagliasch in particular leaves the lake.
The whitish, somewhat milky-looking Lago Bianco gets its name (in German "White Lake") from the inflow of sand and glacier water.
The Bernina Hospice (Ospizio Bernina) is located on the western shore of Lago Bianco, and the Rhaetian Railway's train line - the Bernina Express - also runs directly along the shore. The Bernina Pass road is also located on the western side, but not directly on the lake shore.
In cold winters, the lake can freeze over and in some years the beautiful black ice forms. When the reservoir is then opened by the authorities, nothing stands in the way of ice skating on Lago Bianco.
Text / Source: Schweizersee.ch
schweizersee.ch/lago_bianco_pontresina
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End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
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39.0 km
819 m
653 m
251 m
Surfaces
39.8 km
841 m
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