Hiking at the Bernina Pass from Ospizio Bernina to Alp Grüm

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Ospizio Bernina-Alp Grüm: the facts

Hiking time: 1h20
Difficulty: easy
Elevation: 2100 – 2275 m
Distance: 4.7 km
Terrain: along a railway and a lake, high-alpine rocky surroundings, mountain meadows
Region: Upper Engadine and the Poschiavo Valley (Graubünden)

About the trail

This is a good hike to adapt to the height during the first days of your vacation. The route is fairly easy, but it’s in high-alpine terrain.

You will walk along the Lago Bianco. There is a dam in the lake; water on one side flows via the river Inn and the Donau to the Black Sea and water on the other side flows via the river Adda and the Po to the Adriatic Sea.

A forest follows. Then, a magnificent view of the town of Poschiavo and Italy unfolds. The glacier Vadret da Palü can be seen from the terrace at the endpoint Alp Grüm. This is the perfect place for a culinary reward with an amazing panorama.

Directions and map

How to reach Ospizio Bernina and get back from Alp Grüm

Take the train to the railway station of Ospizio Bernina on the Bernina Pass. You can use normal trains or Bernina Express trains. The pass can be reached by car as well. From Alp Grüm, you either take a train back to the Bernina Pass or to Poschiavo/Tirano in Italy.

The hiking route

Follow the signs to Alp Grüm. You will first walk along the lake ‘Lago Bianco’. After the lake you will descend and enter a forest. As you continue, the path leads you via a small hotel to Alp Grüm with its railway station and hotel-restaurant.

Map of the trail Ospizio Bernina-Alp Grüm

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About the Bernina train route and Graubünden