Mother
| Mother | ||
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 The mother (right) from the north |
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| height | 3296 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Graubünden , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Samnaun group | |
| Dominance | 11.45 km → Fluchthorn | |
| Notch height | 701 m ↓ Pass dals Gips | |
| Coordinates | 823 963 / 198580 | |
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| rock | Bündner slate | |
| First ascent | 1858 | |
The Muttler (also Romansh Muot , 3296 m above sea level. M. ) is the highest mountain in the Samnaun group and is located on the territory of the municipality Samnaun in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland .
Location and surroundings
The Muttler is located in the southern part of the Samnaun group between the Samnaun valley in the north and the Engadin in the south. To the south, the mountain sends a ridge to the 3,018 m high Piz Nair and on to the 2,828 m high Piz Arina . The neighboring mountain in the west is, separated by the 2848 m high Furcla Maisas , the 3254 m high Stammerspitze . A ridge runs to the east to Piz Salet ( 2971 m ) and Piz Malmurainza ( 3038 m ). To the north of the ridge separating over the 2710 m high Maisasjoch to 2731 m high Piz Motnair .
Despite its impressive height of almost 3300 meters, the Muttler is almost completely free of glaciers . Only on its western flank just below the Maisasjoch is a small snow field, under which glacier remains are still hidden. On the north and west sides, the entire mountain is characterized by heaps of slate debris. Only its mighty northeast side, which drops very steeply several hundred meters from the summit into the adjacent Val Sampuoir , testifies to its height. The Muttler is made entirely of rocks from the Bündner slate .
The view from the summit of the Muttler extends from the Zugspitz region over the Ötztal Alps ( Wildspitze , Weißseespitze , Weißkugel ), Ortler group , Bernina group , Silvretta area to the Säntis area .
Paths to the summit
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The ascent of the Muttler is relatively easy and also possible as a ski tour in winter.
The shortest and most popular ascent is a climb from Samnaun (1844 m) through the Val Maisas to Rossboden (2330 m), from there eastwards past the Roten Seeli (2575 m) and up to the Rossbodenjoch (2756 m). From here on the very steep north ridge to the summit. Alternatively, the north ridge can be reached from Val Sampuoir (PostBus stop Hof da Fans ).
Another climb, not marked, but clearly recognizable and secured at one point, leads from the Maisasjoch ( Fuorcla da Maisas , 2907 m, transition from Samnaun to Val Sinestra ) over a west ridge to point 3145 m and from there on the south ridge to the summit. A pathless ascent from Val Maisas through the north-western flank of the mountain is also possible.
The southern flank, a steep slate rubble field, is ideal for a pathless descent into Val Nai ; from there on hiking trails to Tschlin or Vnà .
More difficult ( II according to UIAA ) are the paths over the east ridge and the south ridge.
history
The name of the mountain comes from Rhaeto-Romanic , where muot or motta denotes a rounded dome.
The mother learned his first tourist ascent on June 29, 1858 by Johann Jakob Weilenmann . In 1884 a first-order trigonometric point was set up at the summit . From 1972 to 2011 there was a transmitter on the west ridge near the summit , which supplied the Samnaun with television signals. The transmission system was dismantled and dismantled in 2011. The only relic that has been preserved is the helicopter landing platform, which was left in place for emergencies.
literature
- Paul Werner, Ludwig Thoma: Alpine Club Leader Samnaun Group . Ed .: German Alpine Association , Austrian Alpine Association , Alpine Association South Tyrol . 2nd Edition. Rother, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7633-1241-2 , p. 214-216 .
Web links
- Muttler on summitpost.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swisstopo map. Swiss Federal Office of Topography, accessed on July 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Samnaun Group Alpine Club Guide , p. 43