Bernina train
Along the shore.
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Lago Bianco, the «white lake», is a lake at the Bernina Pass in the canton of Graubünden, south-eastern Switzerland, at 2,234 m, about 17 km in a straight line south-east of St. Moritz. It is about 2.85 km long and up to 53 m deep. Two smaller lakes once lay here, and the present lake was formed in the early 20th century by two dams at its ends. Its milky green colour comes from fine rock flour carried by glacial water. The lake sits on a watershed: its water flows south to the Mediterranean via the Po, while the small Lej Nair just to the north drains to the Black Sea via the Danube. The red trains of the Bernina line, the highest railway crossing of the Alps in Europe, run along its shore, part of the Rhaetian Railway listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visitors can get off at Ospizio Bernina station and walk a trail around the lake among the peaks and glaciers of Piz Bernina. The lake is free to visit, and the train ride is paid. The lake freezes in winter, and the best time for walking is from June to September.
Along the shore.
Train station.
Among the peaks.
Bernina Pass, Graubünden, Switzerland
By the Bernina train from St. Moritz.
June to September.