Panix Pass orPanixer Pass (Romansh:Pass dil Veptga, German:Panixerpass) (2404 m) is aSwissAlpine pass between the cantons ofGlarus andGraubünden.

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″N09°06′14″E / 46.85583°N 9.10389°E /46.85583; 9.10389
Location in Switzerland

The pass was once an important trade route between the canton ofGlarus andItaly. It connectsElm in theSernftal in Glarus withPigniu (Panix) in theVorderrhein valley of Graubünden. It is not passable by car.

In October 1799, Russian GeneralAlexander Suvorovmade a strategic retreat from theFrench Revolutionary forces south over the pass and regrouped his forces inAustria.

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  Suvorov crossing the pass in 1799
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  The pass in 1919
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  The pass in 2009
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  The pass in 2009

• List of mountain passes

• Martin Bundi:Panix Pass inGerman,French andItalian in the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland, 18 January 2006.