Piz Gannaretsch

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Piz Gannaretsch
Piz Gannaretsch from the southeast

Piz Gannaretsch from the southeast

height 3,039.6  m above sea level M.
location canton of Grisons
Mountains Adula Alps
Dominance 4.8 km →  Piz Vallatscha
Notch height 931 m ↓  Gotthard Pass
Coordinates 703 213  /  163208 coordinates: 46 ° 36 '44 "  N , 8 ° 47' 10"  O ; CH1903:  703,213  /  163208
Piz Gannaretsch (Canton of Graubünden)
Piz Gannaretsch
rock Gneiss
Age of the rock Proterozoic - Cambrian
First ascent 1895 by Ernst Amberg and Anton Züblin

The Piz Gannaretsch is 3039.6  m above sea level. M. meter high mountain peak in the Adula Alps in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . On older maps it bears the name Piz Ganneretsch .

It lies on a north-south running mountain range, which also forms the municipal boundary between Medel and Tujetsch . However, the summit itself is around 80 meters within the municipality of Medel. To the west lies the Val Nalps , to the east the Val Medel . On the ridge to the north is Piz Gierm ( 2940  m ), to the south-west of Piz Vatgira ( 2982  m ). The Gannaretsch Glacier (Glatscher da Gannaretsch) extends on the northwest flank.

The first ascent took place in 1895 by Ernst Amberg and Anton Züblin.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. Swisstopo map 256 Disentis; Edition 1985
  3. Richard Goedeke 3000er in the Western Alps Bruckmann 2005 ISBN 3-7654-4149-X page 21