Fuorcla Prünella
| Fuorcla Prünella | |||
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 Fuorcla Prünella from the south |
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| Compass direction | North | south | |
| Pass height | 2825 m above sea level M. | ||
| Canton | Graubünden , Switzerland | ||
| Watershed | Ova Prünella (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 | ||
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| Ø pitch | 7.6% (1139 m / 14.92 km) | 14.9% (780 m / 5.25 km) | |
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| Coordinates | 796 430 / 150523 | ||
The Fuorcla Prünella is an alpine pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps . With a peak height of 2825 m above sea level. M. it connects the Val Prünella in the north with the Val Tschüffer in the south. The pass is located between Piz Pischa in the west and Piz Sagliaint in the east.
Location and surroundings
The Fuorcla Prünella belongs to the Piz Languard group, a subgroup of the Livigno Alps . The municipal boundary between Pontresina and Madulain runs over the pass . The Fuorcla Prünella is bordered in the north by the Val Prünella, a side valley of the Val Chamuera that ends in La Punt-Chamues-ch, and in the south by the Val Tschüffer, a side valley of the Val da Fain . It connects the Piz Pischa ( 3136 m ) in the west with the Piz Sagliaint ( 2944 m ) in the east.
South of Fuorcla Prünella is Lej Tschüffer ( 2751 m ), immediately to the west of it is Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832 m ), the transition to the S-chüdella plateau, where Lej da Pischa ( 2770 m ) is located. East of the Fuorcla Prünella is the Fuorcla Sagliaint ( 2866 m ), the transition into the Val Platta, from where the Forcola di Livigno ( 2314 m ) can be reached either via Alp la Stretta ( 2426 m ) and La Stretta ( 2465 m ) or via the Fuorcla Chamuera ( 2790 m ) back to Alp Prünella ( 2211 m ) in the Val Chamuera.
Valley locations are Bernina Suot and La Punt-Chamues-ch .
Origin of name
Prünella 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
From La Punt-Chamues-ch
- Starting point: La Punt-Chamues-ch ( 1708 m )
- Via: Val Chamuera, Alp Prünella
- Difficulty: BG , as trail white-red-white marks
- Time required: 5 ½ hours
By Bernina Suot
- Starting point: Bernina Suot ( 2045 m )
- Via:
- Alp Bernina, Val Tschüffer, Lej Tschüffer
- Alp Bernina, Val Pischa, Lej da Pischa , Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832 m ), Lej Tschüffer ( 2751 m )
- Difficulty:
- Time required:
- 3 ½ hours
- 3 ½ hours
From Pontresina
- Starting point: Pontresina ( 1805 m ) or Alp Languard ( 2327 m )
- Via: Plaun da l'Esen, Fuorcla Pischa ( 2847 m ), Lej da Pischa , Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832 m ), Lej Tschüffer ( 2751 m )
- Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
- Time required: 5 ½ hours from Pontresina or 4 hours from Alp Languard
About the Fuorcla Sagliaint
- Starting point: Bernina Suot ( 2045 m ) or Forcola di Livigno ( 2315 m )
- Via:
- From Bernina Suot through the Val da Fain to Alp la Stretta ( 2426 m ), then to Fuorcla Sagliaint ( 2866 m )
- From Forcola di Livigno via La Stretta ( 2465 m ), Alp la Stretta ( 2426 m ) to Fuorcla Sagliaint ( 2866 m )
- Difficulty: BG
- Time required:
- 3 ¾ hours from Bernina Suot
- 3 ½ hours from Forcola di Livigno
Web links
- 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. 160 .
- National map of Switzerland, sheet 1258 La Stretta, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2015 edition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .