Motta Palousa

Motta Palousa
Motta Palousa, recorded by Crap digls Anghels
height	2143.6  m above sea level M.
location	Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland
Mountains	Albula Alps
Dominance	0.22 km →  Piz Mitgel
Notch height	33 m ↓  Scharte towards Piz Mitgel, right next to Motta Palousa
Coordinates	765 882  /  167832 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '28 "  N , 9 ° 36' 20"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred sixty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty-two  /  167832
Normal way	About Promastgel

The Motta Palousa ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Surmiran motta for "hill", "hill", "dome" and palousa from the Latin pilosus for "hairy") is a lookout point south of Surava in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland with an altitude of 2143, 6  m above sea level M. The Motta Palousa forms the north-western end of the Bergüner Stocks mountain range and offers a comprehensive view of the Schin , Domleschg , Lenzerheide and Albula valley as far as Davos Monstein .

Location and surroundings

Spherical panorama from the Motta Palousa Show
as spherical panorama

The Motta Palousa belongs to the Bergüner sticks , a subgroup of the Albula Alps . It separates the Albula Valley in the north from the Oberhalbstein in the southwest . The municipal boundary between Albula / Alvra and Surses runs over the Motta Palousa.

The Motta Palousa is located in the middle of Parc Ela , a 600 square kilometer nature park opened in 2006 .

Valley locations are Surava , Alvaneu , Cunter and Tiefencastel . A common starting point is Promastgel .

Routes to the summit

Signpost on the Motta Palousa.

About Promastgel Normal route Starting point: Cunter ( 1182  m ) or Promastgel ( 1689  m ) Route: Cunter, Promastgel, Uigls Marked as a white-red-white hiking trail Difficulty: B Time required: 3 hours from Cunter or 1¾ hours from Promastgel Note: The parking lot just below Promastgel at 1625  m above sea level. M. can be reached from Cunter via La Vischnanchetta, Muntschect Dafora. About spinacha Starting point: Savognin ( 1207  m ) or Plang la Curvanera ( 1844  m ) Route: Savognin, Soras, Plang la Curvanera, Spinatscha, Uigls Marked as a white-red-white hiking trail Difficulty: EB Time required: 3¾ hours from Savognin or 1¾ hours from Plang la Curvanera Note: A small road leads from Savognin via Tussagn to the Plang la Curvanera car park ( 1893  m above sea level ) . A hiking bus runs every Wednesday from Savognin to Plang la Curvanera. About Aclas Starting point: Surava ( 904  m ) or Aclas ( 1457  m ) Route: Surava, Aclas, Alp Ozur Marked as a white-red-white hiking trail Difficulty: B Time required: 4 hours from Surava or 2¼ hours from Aclas About Alp Era Starting point: Alvaneu Bad ( 957  m ) Route: Alvaneu Bad, Schaftobel, Alp Era, Alp Ozur Marked as a white-red-white hiking trail Difficulty: EB Time required: 4¾ hours

panorama

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360 ° panorama from Motta Palousa

gallery

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  Cross at Crap digls Anghels, 400 m south of Motta Palousa

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  View to the west

literature

• National map of Switzerland, sheet 1236 Savognin, 1: 25000, Federal Office of Topography, 2003 edition

Web links

Commons : Motta Palousa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Panorama from the Motta Palousa
• www.hikr.org 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. 111 .
2. ↑ Bike & hiking bus timetable on the Savognin Bivio Albula holiday region website, accessed on April 8, 2018