Lai da Chazfora

Lai da Chazfora
Geographical location	Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland
Drain	Rambach → Etsch → Adriatic Sea
Location close to the shore	Tschierv
Data
Coordinates	821.37 thousand  /  164 789 coordinates: 46 ° 35 '51.6 "  N , 10 ° 19' 41.6"  O ; CH1903:  eight hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred seventy  /  one hundred sixty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine
Altitude above sea level	2595  m above sea level M.
surface	0.235 3  ha
length	72 m
width	56 m
scope	204 m

The Lai da Chazfora ( Romansh lai for, See 'and chazfora , skimmer , probably' from Sassforà reinterpreted) is a mountain lake in Val Müstair , above Tschierv in the canton of Grisons in the Swiss Alps . He is at 2595  m above sea level. M.

Location and surroundings

Spherical panorama from Lai da Chazfora Show
as spherical panorama

The lake is located in the Ötztal Alps , nestled between Piz Turettas , Piz Chazforà and Piz Dora .

Access

Signpost at the Lai da Chazfora

From Tschierv

• Starting point: Tschierv ( 1660  m )
• Via: Funtauna Grossa, Lai Zoppa
• Difficulty: T3 , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 2¾ hours

From Fuldera

• Starting point: Fuldera ( 1638  m )
• Via: Sadra, Alp Sadra, Muntet
• Difficulty: T3 , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required: 3 hours

Through the Val Mora

• Starting point: Valchava ( 1440  m ) or Ofenpass ( 2149  m )
• Via: Val Mora, Alp Sprella ( 2094  m )

1. From Valchava via Las Clastras, Praveder, La Stretta, Alp Sprella
2. From the Ofen Pass via Davo Plattas, Döss da las Plattas ( 2296  m ), Alp Mora, Alp Sprella

• Difficulty: T3 , as trail white-red-white marks
• Time required:

1. 5½ hours from Valchava
2. 4 hours from the oven pass

literature

• National map of Switzerland, sheet 1239 Sta Maria, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2017 edition
• Sabine Joss, Fredy Joss: Alpine hiking / Engadin, summit destinations between Samnaun and Bergell . Verlag des SAC, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-327-7 , p. 170-173 .

Web links

Commons : Lai da Chazfora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lai da Chazfora on schweizersee.ch

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. 77 .