Piz Chavalatsch

Piz Chavalatsch
	The summit cross of Piz Chavalatsch
height	2763 m above sea level M.
location	South Tyrol ( Italy ), Graubünden ( Switzerland )
Mountains	Ortler Alps
Dominance	2.05 km → Piz Sielva
Notch height	172 m ↓ La Scharta
Coordinates , ( CH )	46 ° 36 '55 " N , 10 ° 29' 31" O ( 833837 / 167 233 ) coordinates: 46 ° 36 '55 " N , 10 ° 29' 31" O ; CH1903: 833837 / 167233
particularities	easternmost point of Switzerland

The Piz Chavalatsch ( Italian Monte Cavallaccio ) is a 2763 m high mountain peak in the Alps . The border between Italy and Switzerland or the province of South Tyrol and the canton of Graubünden runs at the summit . The summit, marked with the Swiss boundary stone 29, is the easternmost point in Switzerland . The slopes sloping down to the Italian side are protected in the Stilfserjoch National Park .

Former tax collector's hut

The mountain is one of the most beautiful viewpoints in the Vinschgau and can be easily reached by hikers via Stilfs and the Obere Stilfser Alm , which is located at an altitude of 2057 m , or from Switzerland in about 5 hours from Müstair . From the summit you have a 360 ° panoramic view of the Münstertal and the surrounding mountains of the Ortler Alps .

About 60 m away from the summit cross there is a former Italian customs office, which now serves as a relay station for the Dolomites Radio Club (Italian amateur radio call sign IR3EB) for radio amateurs in Vinschgau.

photos

Panorama photographed from Piz Chavalatsch. In the center left as the highest mountain in the picture: Ortler . Valley far left in the picture: Vinschgau .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Carsten Wasow, The Eastern End of Switzerland , accessed on July 28, 2007 (PDF; 446 kB)
↑ AVS St.Pankraz, accessed on July 28, 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Piz Chavalatsch - One of the most beautiful viewing platforms in Vinschgau , accessed on July 28, 2007
↑ Chavalatsch IR3EB. In: Dolomites Radio Club website. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .

[1] Carsten Wasow, The Eastern End of Switzerland , accessed on July 28, 2007 (PDF; 446 kB)

[2] AVS St.Pankraz, accessed on July 28, 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Piz Chavalatsch - One of the most beautiful viewing platforms in Vinschgau , accessed on July 28, 2007

[4] Chavalatsch IR3EB. In: Dolomites Radio Club website. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .