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Passo del Bernina from Samedan

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Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
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Difficulty points 275
Length 16.5 km
Average gradient 3.5%
Steepest 100 metres 10%
Total ascent 578 m

Short recap

Famous climb
Beautiful scenery
2 hairpin turns
#94 toughest climb of Grisons
#68 most elevation gain of Grisons
#19 longest climb of Grisons
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Passo del Bernina from Samedan is a climb in the region Grisons. It is 16.5 km long and bridges 578 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 3.5%, resulting in a difficulty score of 275. The top of the ascent is located at 2325 m above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 8 reviews of this climb and uploaded 20 photos.

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4.0 by Jeroen
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.
I really liked the Bernina pass. I would give 4.5 stars if half stars were allowed. The road is in good condition and during the ride you have great views of the glacier to the southeast of the road. Later in the climb, you drive past a beautiful lake for a while and have great views around the rocky landscape around you. The big disadvantage of this climb is that the road really does get seriously busy and there are no epic hairpin turns or anything like that. It is a pretty straightforward cli... read more

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Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
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Reviews (8)

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Mark88
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9 Mo 4.0 via the Climbfinder app
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A beautiful climb in fantastic scenery as a perfect warm-up for harder work. Nowhere really difficult. The long relatively straight road is interrupted only once by a set of hairpin bends. This makes enjoying the views easier. The glacier, the scenery and the train (in the landscape) make it worth a detour. Oh well, we drove this climb on a Tuesday from Sankt Moritz and the beginning is very busy with motorised traffic. This became much less so after the big roundabouts.

Een mooie klim in een fantastisch landschap als perfecte opwarmer voor zwaarder werk. Nergens écht moeilijk. De lange relatief rechte weg wordt slechts eenmalig onderbroken door een setje haarspeldbochten. Hierdoor is genieten van de uitzichten makkelijker. De gletscher, het landschap en het treintje (in het landschap) maken het een omrit waard. Oja, we reden deze klim op een dinsdag vanuit Sankt Moritz en het begin is heel druk met gemotoriseerd verkeer. Dit werd na de grote rotondes veel minder.

Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
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LorenzoGbr
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9 Mo 4.0
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Doing the big passes from Graubünden is a bit like cheating, and the Bernina is no exception. It is relatively long but very easy, and there are two viewpoints just after Pontresina where you can stop to admire the Morteratsch (there are lay-bys, and there are often people). Then nothing more, but the view remains magnificent, always alongside the Bernina and the little train that passes by the road. The road is also quite wide, but you happen to find a few supercars at crazy speeds.

Fare i grandi colli partendo dai Grigioni è un po' come barare, il Bernina non fa eccezione. È relativamente lunga ma molto facile, ci sono due punti panoramici appena dopo Pontresina in cui ci si può fermare per ammirare il Morteratsch (ci sono delle piazzole apposte, e c'è spesso gente). Poi più nulla, ma il panorama resta magnifico, sempre accanto al Bernina e al trenino che passa di fianco alla strada. La strada è anche abbastanza larga, ma capita di trovare qualche supercar a velocità folli.

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Jeroen
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9 Mo 4.0
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I really liked the Bernina pass. I would give 4.5 stars if half stars were allowed. The road is in good condition and during the ride you have great views of the glacier to the southeast of the road. Later in the climb, you drive past a beautiful lake for a while and have great views around the rocky landscape around you. The big disadvantage of this climb is that the road really does get seriously busy and there are no epic hairpin turns or anything like that. It is a pretty straightforward climb that is never really very difficult. Nevertheless, I find the scenery at the top really worthwhile.

Ik vond de Bernina echt een hele leuke pas. Ik zou 4,5 ster willen geven als halve sterren waren toegestaan. De weg is in goede staat en je hebt gedurende de rit een prachtig uitzicht op de gletsjer ten zuidoosten van de weg. Later in de klim rij je een tijdje langs een mooi meer en heb je een prachtig uitzicht om het rotslandschap om je heen. Het grote nadeel van deze klim is dat de weg echt wel serieus druk is en dat er geen epische haarspelbochten of iets dergelijks zijn. Het is een vrij rechttoe rechtaan klim die nooit echt heel moeilijk is. Desondanks vind ik het landschap boven echt de moeite waard.

Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
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pasQuiino
pasQuiino
1 y 4.0 00:48:26 (20.4 km/h)
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The climb, which starts out hard, actually softens up and allows you to enjoy a beautiful panorama with the constant and imposing presence of the Bernina glacier.
An ascent to be repeated!

La salita, che inizia dura, in realtà si addolcisce e permette di godersi un bel panorama alla costante e imponente presenza del ghiacciaio del Bernina.
Salita da ripetere!

Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
Passo del Bernina from Samedan
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Sethje4
Sethje4
1 y 4.0

Redelijk drukke weg maar toch genoten van deze klim. Dit is niet de zwaarste maar als de wind tegen zit kan deze net iets zwaarder zijn :). Mooie uitzichten onderweg op de gletsjer met plek om eventueel veilig te stoppen en even te genieten van het uitzicht. Er zijn ook haarspeldbochten aanwezig voor de liefhebbers.

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alessandromaiorani
alessandromaiorani
2 y 5.0
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A very rideable ascent that offers wonderful views of the glaciers.

Una salita molto pedalabile che regala scorci stupendi sui ghiacciai.

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Fausto
Fausto
4 y 3.0
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Great road through a beautiful landscape with views of a glacier and the Bernina Express. You can only in the beginning to a bike path so you will have to live with the fast cars. Good road surface though and a beautiful scenery.

Recommended to take the Forcola di Livigno at the top, where the road becomes quiet and the landscape even more beautiful!

Grote weg door een prachtig landschap met uitzicht op een gletsjer en de Bernina Express. Je kunt alleen in het begin even uitwijken naar een fietspad dus je zult moeten leven met de snelle auto's. Wel goed wegdek en een mooi decor.

Aanrader om op de top ook de Forcola di Livigno mee te pakken, waar de weg rustig wordt en het landschap nog mooier!

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patrickbaert
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4 y 3.0
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The route along the easy side of the Swiss Bernina pass is mainly along wide straight roads with few curves in a wide open valley (wind!) with on both sides an impressive high mountain scenery with snowy peaks and glaciers (a.o. the well known Morteratch glacier).
You cycle along the cable lift stations of Diavolezza and Lagalb and the red Bernina express mountain train (Chur-Tirano) follows the same route and regularly rides along the road and crosses the route several times. There are no high gradients, only in the middle and the last kilometers there are some steeper sections with some hairpin bends, but there is unpleasantly fast and heavy traffic!

Wide busy road with high mountains in the background.

De route langs de gemakkelijke zijde van de Zwitserse Berninapas verloopt de hele beklimming langs voornamelijk brede rechte stukken weg met weinig bochten in een breed open dal (wind!) met langs beide zijden een indrukwekkend hooggebergte decor met besneeuwde toppen en gletsjers (oa.gekende Morteratchgletsjer).
Je fietst langs de kabelliftstations van Diavolezza en Lagalb en de rode Bernina express bergtrein (Chur-Tirano) volgt hetzelfde traject en tuft regelmatig vlak langs de rijweg en kruist ook enkele keren de route. Er zijn geen hoge stijgingspercentages, enkel in het middendeel en de slotkilometers zijn er enkele steilere stroken met enkele haarspeldbochten.Er is wel onaangenaam snel en druk verkeer!

Brede drukke weg met hooggebergte omkadering.

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Climbing times

7 km/h 02:21:27
11 km/h 01:30:00
15 km/h 01:06:00
19 km/h 00:52:06

Road surface condition

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Traffic

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Frequently Asked Questions

Passo del Bernina can be cycled from 2 sides. Passo del Bernina from Tirano is the most popular side, but the summit can also be reached via Passo del Bernina from Samedan.

You don't need special gearing for Passo del Bernina from Samedan. The slope isn't long or steep enough to require much shifting down. You can conquer this climb on power alone. However, a compact gearing system with a smallest front chainring of 34 and largest rear sprocket of 28 or 30 is always nice if you enjoy cycling uphill. This helps maintain a smooth cadence.

Passo del Bernina from Samedan is a 3rd-category climb. Almost anyone can handle this climb, as long as you have a bike with climbing gears. If you have little training, you will probably need to shift down significantly. For experienced riders, Passo del Bernina from Samedan is not a problem.

Passo del Bernina from Samedan is 16.5 km long.

The average gradient of Passo del Bernina from Samedan is 3.5%.

Passo del Bernina from Samedan has a steepest segment with an average gradient of 10%.

The summit of Passo del Bernina from Samedan is at 2325 m.

At a slow pace of 7 km/h, it takes about 02:21:27 to climb Passo del Bernina from Samedan. At 11 km/h the time is 01:30:00, and at 15 km/h 01:06:00. For the fastest cyclists, 00:52:06 is an achievable time.

Passo del Bernina from Samedan is located in the region Grisons in Switzerland.

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