Panix Pass

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Panix Pass

| photo = Panixerpass Panorama.jpg

| photo_caption = View from the pass towards Glarus

| elevation_m = 2404

| elevation_ref = Swisstopo maps

| traversed = Trail

| location = Glarus/Graubünden, Switzerland

| map = Switzerland

| map_caption = Location in Switzerland

| range = Alps

| coords = {{coord|46|51|21|N|09|06|14|E|type:pass_region:CH-GR|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| topo =

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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.

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

File:Vasily Surikov - Suvorov Crossing the Alps in 1799 - Google Art Project.jpg|Suvorov crossing the Alps, by Vasily Surikov

File:ETH-BIB-Elm, Vorab, Panixerpass v. N. aus 3600 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-001357.tif|The pass in 1919

File:Panixerpass03.JPG|The pass in 2009

File:Panixerpass04.JPG|The pass in 2009

See also

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