Medelserhütte
| Medelserhütte SAC mountain hut |
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 The Medelserhütte on the Fuorcla da Lavaz |
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| Mountain range | Gotthard massif , Central Alps | |
| Regions | Surselva , Graubünden Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 712 940 / 166540 | |
| Altitude | 2524 m above sea level M. | |
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| owner | SAC Uto | |
| Built | 1910, new building in 1934, remodeling in 1984 and 2006 | |
| Construction type | Mountain hut; stone | |
| Usual opening times | Mid-June to mid-October and mid-February to mid-April | |
| accommodation | 55 beds | |
| Winter room | 10 bearings | |
| Web link | Medelserhütte | |
| Hut directory | SAC | |
The Medelserhütte ( Romansh Camona da Medel ) is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and property of the Uto (Zurich) section of the SAC. The hut is named after the Medelser massif with the Piz Medel ( 3210 m above sea level ), the summit of which is the main tour destination of the hut. The hut is manned in summer and partly also in winter and has 55 beds in six rooms: one room for four, one for five and one for six as well as two rooms for ten and twenty. If the hut is not manned, a winter room is available , as is the case with all SAC huts .
location
The hut stands on the crest of the Fuorcla da Lavaz, a pass crossing between the Val Plattas and the Val Lavaz in the Surselva region , south of the Anterior Rhine Valley and is the starting point for numerous interesting high-altitude tours in the Medelser group.
history
In 1910 the first wooden hut was built as a refuge on Fuorcla da Lavaz, which was replaced by a stone building in 1934. This building, which still exists today, was enlarged and renewed in 1984 and 2006. In 2010 the 100th anniversary of the hut was celebrated.
Nearby glaciers
The system of the Medelsergletscher (Glatscher da Medel) catches the eye from the restaurant of the hut . This glacier field stretches from Fil Liung (which practically begins at the hut) to Piz Cristallina in a width of approx. Three kilometers and is therefore one of the large glacier fields in the Graubünden Alps. The individual lobes are separated by the secondary peaks Refugi da Camutschs and Piz la Buora at approx. 2800 m and are called Glatscher da Plattas (east and middle lobes ) and Glatscher Davos la Buora (west lobes). Among other things, due to the different slopes of the terrain and the mountain ranges that separate the lobes, the glaciers are sometimes very cleft.
Furthermore, in a side valley of the Val Lavaz there are the remains of the Glatscher da Lavaz, which is receding sharply and no longer has any noteworthy crevices. The path from the hut to the Fuorcla Sura da Lavaz and further into the Greina plain leads over this glacier, which can be crossed without any problems with suitable equipment (see below).
Approaches
- From Curaglia (Lukmanierpass) 1332 m : Pardatsch - Stavels veders - Alp Sura - Fuorcla da Lavaz, B , (4 hours).
- From Tenigerbad (Vorderrheintal) 1305 m : Val Vallesa - Alp Rentiert - P. 2028 - Cuolmet - Stavelatsch - Fuorcla da Lavaz, EB , (5½ hours).
- From Fuorns (Lunkmanierpass) 1460 m : over the Fuorcla dalla Buora 2292 m : Alpe Puzetta - P. 1909 - Fuorcla dalla Buora - Alp Sura - Fuorcla da Lavaz, EB , (5 hours).
Tours from the Medelserhütte / summit climbs
Route information, degrees of difficulty and times according to the SAC club guide (see also SAC hiking scale , SAC mountain and high-altitude tour scale )
Map: National map 1: 25,000
- Lai Encarden, walk from the hut, approx. 30 min.
- Piz Caschleglia , 2935 m : L , 1½ h, local mountain, easy climbing.
- Piz Santeri, 2881 m : EB 2 h, to Lai Encarden and then north-east over a ridge and then up the western slope to the summit.
- Piz Stavelatsch, 2754 m : EB , 2¼ h, Hüttenweg towards Tenigerbad down to Stavelatsch ( 2327 m ), then up to Fuorcla da Stavelatsch and over the west ridge to the summit.
- Fuorcla dalla Buora: EB , 1½ h, down into the basin of Alp Sura, there cross the Rein da Plattas at approx. 1990 m over a footbridge and then in serpentines steeper and steeper up the slope to Fuorcla dalla Buora. From there it is possible to descend to Lukmanierstrasse, 1½ hours to Fuorns.
- Piz Ault, 2470 m : EB , via Fuorcla dalla Buora, 1¼ h from Fuorcla.
- Piz La Buora, 2678 m : BG- , via Fuorcla dalla Buora, 1 hour from Fuorcla.
All other peaks and passes mentioned can be reached from the Medelserhütte via the area of the Medelser glacier, which is rich in crevasses in places, and requires appropriate alpine experience and glacier equipment.
- Piz Medel , 3210 m : L , 2½ h, over the Glatscher da Medel, several variants possible.
- Piz Valdraus, 3096 m : L / WS + , 3½ h, over the remains of the Glatscher da Lavaz and then either over the Glatscher da Valdraus or the West Ridge (WS +).
- Fuorcla Su, 3050 m : L , 2½ h, (between Piz Uffiern and Cima di Camadra), via Glatscher da Plattas - Refugi da Camutschs (P.2928).
- Fuorcla Cristallina, 3003 m : L (between Piz Cristallina and Piz Uffiern), like Fuorcla Su.
- Piz Uffiern, 3151 m : L , 30 min, via Fuorcla Su, or L / WS , 30 min, via Fuorcla Cristallina.
- Cima di Camadra, 3172 m : L , 3¼ h, via Fuorcla Su and west ridge.
Transitions to other huts
- To Capanna Scaletta (4 h), Capanna Motterascio (5½ h) or Terrihütte (5½ h) via Fuorcla Sura da Lavaz 2703 m : L / T4 (white-blue-white), Val Lavaz - Glatscher da Lavaz - Fuorcla Sura da Lavaz - P. 2496 - P. 2379 - Greinaebene and from there to one of the huts. The Glatscher da Lavaz no longer has any noteworthy crevices; However, crampons can be helpful in late summer. The usual instructions for white-blue-white marked alpine routes apply . A colony of ibex can often be seen near Fuorcla Sura da Lavaz.
- To the Terrihütte through Val Lavaz, EB, 4½ hours, via Stavelatsch - junction Alp Rentiert Dadens - bridge 1385 m - P.1650 - Crest la Greina - Terrihütte
Web links
- Homepage of the hut
- Current road conditions at bergbuero.ch
- Summits visible from the hut - gipfelderschweiz.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Camona da Medel / Medelserhütte, 2524 m (GR). In: SAC section Uto Zurich. Retrieved February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ E. Rüegg: The new Medelserhütte on the Fuorcla de Lavaz (2540m) . In: Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club 1909-1910 . 45th year. Verlag der Expedition des Jahresbuch des SAC, Bern 1910, p. 302 f . ( Online in the SAC archive ).
- ↑ Medelserhütte: Modification 2006, accessed on October 30, 2011
- ↑ Medelserhütte: 100th Anniversary Celebration, accessed on October 30, 2011
- ↑ Club Guide Bündner Alpen 2, 5th edition 1996, groups 2 and 3
- ^ National map 1: 25,000 sheet 1233 Greina
- ↑ Swisshiking.ch: Alpine hiking trails (white-blue-white)