Fuorcla Pischa (Pontresina)

Fuorcla Pischa
Fuorcla Pischa, taken from the northwest
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	2835  m above sea level M.
Canton	Graubünden , Switzerland
Watershed	Ovel da Languard ( Ova da Bernina → Flaz → Inn )	Ova da la Val da Fain ( Ova da Bernina → Flaz → Inn )
Valley locations	Pontresina	Bernina Suot
expansion	trail
Mountains	Livigno Alps
profile
Ø pitch	13.9% (1030 m / 7.4 km)	14.7% (790 m / 5.38 km)
map
Coordinates	794 224  /  149 737 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '15 "  N , 9 ° 58' 4"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred ninety-four thousand two hundred and twenty-four  /  149 737

The Fuorcla Pischa ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Puter fuorcla 'smaller mountain pass, pass' and pischa 'urine, urine stream, waterfall') is an alpine pass in the municipality of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps . With a peak height of 2835  m above sea level. M. he joins the Val Languard to the west with the high-level S-chüdella the east. The pass is located between the Muot da la Pischa in the north and the Piz Albris in the south.

Location and surroundings

Marking on the Fuorcla Pischa.

The Fuorcla Pischa belongs to the Piz Languard group, a subgroup of the Livigno Alps . The pass is located entirely within the municipality of Pontresina . The Fuorcla Pischa is bordered in the west by the Val Languard, a side valley of the Val Bernina , and in the east by the S-chüdella, a plateau above the Val Pischa, a side valley of the Val da Fain . It connects the Muot da la Pischa ( 3,024  m ) in the north (a peak south of Piz Languard ) with the Piz Albris ( 3,166  m ) in the south.

To the west of Fuorcla da Pischa are several lakes, including Lej Languard and Lejs d'Albris . In the east is the Lej da Pischa .

The valley location is Pontresina , a frequent starting point is Bernina Suot.

Routes to the pass

Signpost near the Fuorcla Pischa.

By Bernina Suot

• Starting point: Bernina Suot ( 2045  m )
• Via: Alp Bernina, Val Pischa, Lej da Pischa
• Difficulty: BG , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 3 hours

From Pontresina

• Starting point: Pontresina ( 1805  m ) or Alp Languard ( 2327  m )
• Via: Plaun da l'Esen
• Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 4½ hours from Pontresina or 3 hours from Alp Languard

From Muottas Muragl

• Starting point: Muottas Muragl ( 2454  m )
• Via: Segantinihütte ( 2732  m ), Plaun da l'Esen
• Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 4½ hours

From La Punt-Chamues-ch

• Starting point: La Punt-Chamues-ch ( 1708  m )
• Via:

1. Val Chamuera, Val Prüna, Fuorcla Prüna ( 2835  m )
2. Val Chamuera, Alp Prünella, Fuorcla Prünella ( 2825  m ), Lej Tschüffer ( 2751  m ), Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832  m ), Lej da Pischa ( 2770  m )

• Difficulty:

1. EB
2. BG , as trail white-red-white marks

• Time required:

1. 5½ hours
2. 6¼ hours

Web links

Commons : Fuorcla Pischa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.hikr.org Various tour reports

literature

• Bernard Condrau, Walter Candinas: club guide, Bündner Alps . Middle Engadine and Poschiavo. 2nd Edition. tape X . Verlag des SAC, 1984, ISBN 3-85902-039-0 , p. 165-166 .
• National map of Switzerland, sheet 1257 St. Moritz, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2015 edition.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name . Small Rhaetian name book with two and a half thousand geographical names of Graubünden. Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur and Bottmingen / Basel 1988, ISBN 3-7298-1047-2 , p. 89 .
2. ↑ Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name . Small Rhaetian name book with two and a half thousand geographical names of Graubünden. Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur and Bottmingen / Basel 1988, ISBN 3-7298-1047-2 , p. 115 .