Lej da Pischa

Lej da la Pischa
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
Data
Coordinates	795 073  /  149857 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '18 "  N , 9 ° 58' 44"  O ; CH1903:  795073  /  149857
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
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

Surroundings of Lej da la Pischa on an aerial photo from 1934. Lej da la Pischa in the center of the picture over the rocks, Piz Albris , Piz Languard and Fuorcla Pischa on the left , Fuorcla Prüna behind , Piz Pischa , Piz Prüna , Piz dal Fain and on the right Fuorcla Tschüffer , in front right Piz Alv . In front of the Val Pischa lake with Pascul da la Pischa .

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

Signpost near the Lej da la Pischa.

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:

1. Val Chamuera, Val Prüna, Fuorcla Prüna ( 2835  m )
2. Val Chamuera, Alp Prünella, Fuorcla Prünella ( 2825  m ), Lej Tschüffer ( 2751  m ), Fuorcla Tschüffer ( 2832  m )

• Difficulty:

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

• Time required:

1. 5¼ hours
2. 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

Commons : Lej da Pischa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lej da la Pischa on schweizersee.ch
• www.hikr.org Lej da la Pischa Various tour reports

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. 115 .