Lej da Pischa
Lej da la Pischa | ||
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Lej da la Pischa, in the background Piz Alv , Punta Carale , Piz Cambrena , Piz Palü , Piz Albris and Muot da la Pischa . | ||
Geographical location | Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland | |
Drain | Ova da la Val da Fain → Ova da Bernina → Flaz → Inn | |
Location close to the shore | Pontresina | |
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Coordinates | 795 073 / 149857 | |
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Altitude above sea level | 2770 m above sea level M. | |
surface | 6.374 2 ha | |
length | 700 m | |
width | 200 m | |
scope | 1.64 km | |
Catchment area | 1.55 km² | |
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Lej da la Pischa, on the horizon the Piz Alv . |
The Lej da la Pischa ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Puter lej 'lake' and pischa 'urine, urine stream, waterfall') is a mountain lake in the municipality of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps . It lies at 2770 m above sea level. M.
Location and surroundings
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The lake consists of two interconnected lakes. They are located in the Livigno Alps on a small high plateau called S-chüella , enclosed by the mountains Piz Albris ( 3136 m ), Piz Languard ( 3263 m ), Piz Pischa ( 3136 m ) and Piz dal Fain ( 2907 m ) as well as by the passes Fuorcla Pischa ( 2835 m ) in the west, Fuorcla Prüna ( 2835 m ) in the north and Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832 m ) in the east.
The water flows towards the south and immediately after the lake falls steeply over Pascul da la Pischa into Val Pischa . The water then flows into the Ova da la Val da Fain , which , coming from La Stretta , drains the Val da Fain and then as Ova da Bernina through the Val Bernina to Samedan , where it flows into the Inn .
Accesses
By Bernina Suot
- Starting point: Bernina Suot ( 2045 m )
- Via: Alp Bernina, Val Pischa
- Difficulty: BG , as trail white-red-white marks
- Time required: 2½ 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: 4¾ hours from Pontresina or 3¼ 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 )
- Difficulty: EB , as trail white-red-white marks
- Time required: 4¾ hours
From La Punt-Chamues-ch
- Starting point: La Punt-Chamues-ch ( 1708 m )
- Via:
- Val Chamuera, Val Prüna, Fuorcla Prüna ( 2835 m )
- Val Chamuera, Alp Prünella, Fuorcla Prünella ( 2825 m ), Lej Tschüffer ( 2751 m ), Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832 m )
- Difficulty:
- Time required:
- 5¼ hours
- 6¼ hours
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 .
- National map of Switzerland, sheet 1257 St. Moritz, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2015 edition.
- National map of Switzerland, sheet 1258 La Stretta, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2015 edition.
Web links
- Lej da la Pischa on schweizersee.ch
- www.hikr.org Lej da la Pischa Various tour reports
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. 115 .