Piz Alv (Gotthard massif)

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Piz Alv
Val Maighels with the pyramid of Piz Alv

Val Maighels with the pyramid of Piz Alv

height 2768.9  m above sea level M.
location Canton border Ticino / Graubünden / Uri , Switzerland
Mountains Lepontine Alps
Dominance 0.8 km →  La Rossa
Notch height 100 m ↓  Passo di Froda
Coordinates 695 050  /  159399 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '45 "  N , 8 ° 40' 43"  O ; CH1903:  695,050  /  159399
Piz Alv (Gotthard massif) (Gotthard group)
Piz Alv (Gotthard massif)

The Piz Alv ( Rhaeto-Romanic for white peak ) is a mountain southeast of Andermatt on the border of the cantons of Ticino , Graubünden and Uri in Switzerland with a height of 2768.9  m above sea level. M.

The Piz Alv is a pyramid made of crags and rubble .

Location and surroundings

The Piz Alv belongs to the Pizzo Centrale - Piz Blas chain in the Gotthard massif , part of the Lepontine Alps . To the south the mountain drops steeply into the Ticino Val Canaria . The entire north side is drained to the northwest into the Unteralp valley with the Unteralpreuss . The north-east side of the Piz Alv in Graubünden appears to be an extension of the Val Maighels , which, however, is interrupted by a small step and is only drained below this via the Rein da Maighels to the Vorderrhein .

To the east the ridge leads over the Passo Bornengo ( 2631  m above sea level ) to Piz Borel ( 2951.9  m above sea level ) and from there to the north-west to Piz Ravetsch ( 3007  m above sea level ) and to the south-east to Piz Blas ( 3019  m above sea level ). To the southwest the ridge leads over La Rossa ( 2790  m above sea level ), Pizzo Barbarera ( 2804  m above sea level ), Giübin ( 2776.4  m above sea level ) and Pizzo Prevat ( 2876  m above sea level ). to Pizzo Centrale ( 2999.3  m above sea level ). To the north, the ridge between Unteralp and Val Maighels leads over the Badus (Six Madun) ( 2928.1  m above sea level ) to the Oberalp Pass .

Routes to the summit

Unteralp

also passable in winter

  • Starting point: Vermigelhütte ( 2047  m above sea level )
  • Route: over the northeast flank to the north ridge
  • Difficulty:?
  • Time required:? Hours

Val Maighels

also passable in winter

  • Starting point: Maighelshütte ( 2314  m )
  • Route: through Val Maighels to the east ridge
  • Difficulty:?
  • Time required:?

Val Canaria

  • Starting point: Airolo ( 1141  m )
  • Route: through Val Canaria and possibly Cadlimohütte on the Passo Bornengo and over the east ridge
  • Difficulty:?
  • Time required:?

Web links

Commons : Piz Alv  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All 630 peaks of Ticino and Misox. In: Cime Ticino. Retrieved March 13, 2011 .