Piz Cristallina
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| height | 3128 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Graubünden , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Adula Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.84 km → Piz Uffiern | |
| Notch height | 124 m ↓ Fuorcla Cristallina | |
| Coordinates | 710.57 thousand / 163 072 | |
| Topo map | Swisstopo 1: 25000 sheet 1233 Greina | |
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| First ascent | 1782 by Placidus a Spescha | |
The Piz Cristallina is a peak in the massif of the Medelser group in the Adula Alps in Switzerland with a height of 3128.1 m above sea level. M. he rises Like the other summit of Medelsermassivs only slightly over the territory of Glatscher da Medel , on the southwest corner he stands. The main (western) summit used to be called Piz Pozata. The eastern secondary peak is not named according to the topographic map and SAC area guide.
First ascent
According to various sources, the Piz Cristallina was climbed by the Disentis "mountaineer monk" Placidus a Spescha in 1782, which means that this was one of his first summits. The ascent route corresponded roughly to the route given below from Pardatsch through the Val Cristallina.
Main routes
The ascents to the Piz Cristallina are described in the SAC club guide with the difficulty level L to WS .
- Medelserhütte - Glatscher da Medel - Fuorcla Cristallina - Piz Cristallina (L, 3.25h)
- Pardatsch on Lukmanierstrasse - Val Cristallina - Piz Pian - Fuorcla Puzzetta - Piz Cristallina (without contact with the glacier, L, 5.25h)
National park
The Piz Cristallina is to become part of the planned Parc Adula . The summit would be part of the park's core zone.
Individual evidence
- ^ Aloys Dreyer: A Swiss high tourist in the early days of alpinism . In: Mitteilungen des dt. U. Austrian Alpine Club . 1914, p. 53 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Gottfried Theobald: The Medels Mountains (excursion area Medel-Gallinario) . In: Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club . tape 3 , 1866, pp. 94 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Walram Derichsweiler: The Medelser Mountains . In: Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club 1909–1910 . 45th year. Verlag der Expedition des Jahresbuch des SAC, Bern 1910, p. 107 ( reference on the SAC website ). Reference on the SAC website ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2016 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.
- ↑ Manfred Hunziker (Ed.): Club Guide Bündner Alpen - From Lukmanier to Domleschg . 5th edition. SAC, Bern 1996, ISBN 3-85902-154-0 , p. 89 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 18, 2016 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. Parc Adula: National Park Project (map), accessed on January 18, 2016 (PDF; 9.69 MB)
