Fuorcla Tschüffer

Fuorcla Tschüffer
Fuorcla Tschüffer from the west
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	2832  m above sea level M.
Canton	Graubünden , Switzerland
expansion	trail
Mountains	Livigno Alps
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Coordinates	795 673  /  149 981 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '21 "  N , 9 ° 59' 12"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and ninety-five thousand six hundred seventy-three  /  one hundred and forty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-one

The Fuorcla Tschüffer is an alpine pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps . With a peak height of 2832  m above sea level. M. it connects the plateau S-chüdella in the west with the Val Tschüffer in the east. The pass is located between Piz Pischa in the north and Piz dal Fain in the south. The top of the pass is very attractive with its little lakes, rubble and firn terraces.

Location and surroundings

Surroundings of Fuorcla Tschüffer on an aerial photo from 1934. Lej da Pischa in the center of the picture over the rocks, to the right of it the Fuorcla da Tschüffer and again to the right of it the Lej Tschüffer . Behind the pass of Piz Pischa , in front of that Piz dal Fain .

The Fuorcla Tschüffer belongs to the Piz Languard group, a subgroup of the Livigno Alps . The pass is located entirely in the municipality of Pontresina . Fuorcla Tschüffer is the west by the high-level S-chüdella with the mountain as Pischa Lej and the east by the Val Tschüffer the mountain lake Lej Tschüffer edged. The pass connects Piz Pischa ( 3136  m ) in the north with Piz dal Fain ( 2907  m ) in the south.

In close proximity is the Fuorcla Pischa ( 2847  m ), the transition to Val Languard in the west, the Fuorcla Prüna ( 2835  m ), the transition to Val Prüna in the northwest, and the Fuorcla Prünella ( 2825  m ), the transition to Val Prünella in the East.

The valley location and frequent starting point is Bernina Suot.

Routes to the pass

By Bernina Suot

• Starting point: Bernina Suot ( 2045  m )
• Via:

1. Alp Bernina, Val Pischa, Lej da Pischa
2. Alp Bernina, Val Tschüffer, Lej Tschüffer

• Difficulty:

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

• Time required:

1. 2 ¾ hours via Val Pischa
2. 3 ½ hours over Val Tschüffer

From Pontresina

• Starting point: Pontresina ( 1805  m ) or Alp Languard ( 2327  m )
• Via: Plaun da l'Esen, Fuorcla Pischa ( 2847  m ), Lej da Pischa ( 2770  m )
• Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 5 hours from Pontresina or 3½ hours from Alp Languard

From Muottas Muragl

• Starting point: Muottas Muragl ( 2454  m )
• Via: Segantinihütte ( 2732  m ), Plaun da l'Esen, Fuorcla Pischa ( 2847  m ), Lej da Pischa ( 2770  m )
• Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 5 hours

From La Punt-Chamues-ch

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

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

• Difficulty:

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

• Time required:

1. 5 ½ hours via Fuorcla Prüna
2. 6 hours via Fuorcla Prünella

Web links

Commons : Fuorcla Tschüffer  - 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. 164 .
• National map of Switzerland, sheet 1258 La Stretta, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2015 edition.