Fuorcla Pruna

Fuorcla Pruna
Fuorcla Prüna, taken from the S-chüdella plateau in the south
Compass direction	North	south
Pass height	2835  m above sea level M.
Canton	Graubünden , Switzerland
Watershed	Ova Prüna (Ova Chamuera → Inn )	Ova da la Val da Fain ( Ova da Bernina → Flaz → Inn )
Valley locations	La Punt-Chamues-ch	Bernina Suot
expansion	trail
Mountains	Livigno Alps
profile
Ø pitch	7.6% (1149 m / 15.15 km)	12.5% (790 m / 6.3 km)
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Coordinates	794 789  /  150318 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '33 "  N , 9 ° 58' 31"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and ninety-four thousand seven hundred eighty-nine  /  150318

The Fuorcla Prüna is an alpine pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps . With a peak height of 2835  m above sea level. M. it connects the Val Prüna in the north with the plateau S-chüdella in the south. The pass is located between the Muot da la Pischa in the west and the Piz Pischa in the east. The top of the pass is very attractive with its little lakes, rubble and firn terraces.

Location and surroundings

Surroundings of Fuorcla Prüna on a photo from Piz Languard . The Fuorcla Prüna (center) between the Lej da Pischa (right) and the Lej da Prüna (center). Piz Pischa at the top left of the pass, Muot da la Pischa on the right. Fuorcla Tschüffer on the left of the Lej da Pischa, Fuorcla Pischa on the right edge of the picture.

The Fuorcla Prüna belongs to the Piz Languard group, a subgroup of the Livigno Alps . The municipal boundary between Pontresina and La Punt-Chamues-ch runs over the pass . The Fuorcla Prüna is crossed in the north by the Val Prüna, a side valley of the Val Chamuera that ends in La Punt-Chamues-ch, and in the south by the S-chüdella, a plateau above the Val Pischa, a side valley of the Val da Fain , edged. It connects the Muot da la Pischa ( 3024  m ) in the west (a peak south of Piz Languard ) with the Piz Pischa ( 3136  m ) in the east.

In the immediate vicinity is the Fuorcla Pischa ( 2847  m ), via which the Val Languard can be reached, as well as the Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832  m ), over which the Lej Tschüffer ( 2751  m ) and the Fuorcla Prünella ( 2825  m ) the Val Prünella can be reached.

North of Fuorcla da Prüna is the Lej da Prüna ( 2815  m ), to the south of the Lej da Pischa in the S-chüdella plateau.

Valley locations are Pontresina and La Punt-Chamues-ch, frequent starting point is Bernina Suot.

Origin of name

Prüna matches the Latin pruna 'plum' , but it is difficult to justify the matter. A reference to the Engadine brün , German 'brown', is loudly questionable.

Routes to the pass

Signpost near the Fuorcla Prüna.

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, Fuorcla Pischa ( 2847  m )
• Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 5 hours from Pontresina or 3½ hours from Alp Languard

From La Punt-Chamues-ch

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

1. Val Chamuera, Val Prüna
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. 5 hours
2. 6 ½ hours

Web links

Commons : Fuorcla Prüna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. 164-165 .
• 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. 119 .