Bernina Hospice

The Bernina Hospice (2,309 m/7,576ft: 40b.) is a good walking and climbing base. Two lakes, Lej Nair (Black Lake, 2,222 m/7,290ft) and Lej Pitschen (2,220 m/7,284ft), fed by springs, drain northward into the Inn; they are separated by a masonry dam from the Lago Bianco (White Lake, 2,230 m/7,317ft), an artificial lake supplying the Brusio hydroelectric station. From the Alp Grüm (2,091 m/6,861ft: railroad station) there is a fine view of the Palü glacier (Alpine garden). Nature-lovers can observe many species of birds, from the golden eagle to the rock swallow, from the pigmy owl to the snow finch.