The Bernina Pass (el. 2,328 m or 7,638 ft.) (Italian: Passo del Bernina) is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps , in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons) in eastern Switzerland . It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo , which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina . The pass lies a few kilometres east of Piz Bernina , and south of Val Minor .

The Bernina Pass is crossed by both the Hauptstrasse 29 road and the Bernina railway line , with a popular tourist train, the Bernina Express operating year-round between Chur and Tirano.