Panix Pass

Panix Pass or Panixer Pass (Romansh: Pass dil Veptga, German: Panixerpass) (2404 m) is a Swiss Alpine pass between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden.

Panix Pass
View from the pass towards Glarus
Elevation	2,404 m (7,887 ft)[1]
Traversed by	Trail
Location	Glarus/Graubünden, Switzerland
Range	Alps
Coordinates	46°51′21″N 09°06′14″E
Location in Switzerland

The pass was once an important trade route between the canton of Glarus and Italy. It connects Elm in the Sernftal in Glarus with Pigniu (Panix) in the Vorderrhein valley of Graubünden. It is not passable by car.

In October 1799, Russian General Alexander Suvorov made a strategic retreat from the French Revolutionary forces south over the pass and regrouped his forces in Austria.

Gallery

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  Suvorov crossing the Alps, by Vasily Surikov
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  The pass in 1919
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  The pass in 2009
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  The pass in 2009

See also

• List of mountain passes