Piz Giuv
| Piz Giuv | ||
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 Piz Giuv in a Uri guide, 1905 |
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| height | 3096 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton Uri / Canton Graubünden , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Alps ( Glarus Alps ) | |
| Dominance | 7.07 km → Oberalpstock | |
| Notch height | 751 m ↓ Chrüzli Pass | |
| Coordinates | 695 890 / 173054 | |
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| First ascent | 1804 by Placidus a Spescha | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour , not very difficult | |
 Etzlihütte with northeast side of Piz Giuv with firn at the top left and Sunnig Wichel to the right above the hut |
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The Piz Giuv ( Giuv Rhaeto-Romanic = yoke ; in German also called Schattig Wichel ) is 3096 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Glarus Alps . It is located about five kilometers north of the Oberalp Pass and about seven kilometers west of the Reuss Valley on the border between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Graubünden .
The next northern neighbor is the Sunnig Wichel, which goes north through the Pörtlilücke ( 2506 m above sea level ) from 3073 m above sea level. M. high Bristen is separated. Directly to the east is the Piz Nair ( 3059 m above sea level ) from which to the northeast over the Chrüzli Pass ( 2347 m above sea level ) a ridge to 3328 m above sea level. M. high Oberalpstock pulls. A ridge runs to the southwest as far as the Fellilücke ( 2476 m above sea level ). To the south, three shorter cross ridges branch off, which separate four valleys, Val Strem , Val Milà , Val Giuv and Val Val (from east to west).
Climbing opportunities
The Etzlihütte ( SAC ) at 2052 m above sea level serves as a base for an ascent . M. the hut can be reached from Bristen in northern Maderanertal or from the south via the center plates respectively Chrüzlipass that of Sedrun and with lift help of Disentis is achievable. The Piz Giuv can also be climbed as a day tour directly from the Oberalp Pass.
In summer, the route from the Etzlihütte is an alpine tour with rocky (sometimes very brittle) and ice passages. In late winter the Piz Giuv is a ski tour summit .
mineralogy
The Piz Giuv and its entire surroundings are very interesting from a mineralogical point of view. For a good 200 years the local crystal seekers (also called radiators ) have been looking for smoky quartz and other minerals in Val Giuv and the neighboring valleys. The most important deposits in the Piz Giuv area include: smoky quartz , milarite , adulara , titanite , epidote , calcite , amethyst , apatite and pyrite . The smoky quartz from Val Giuv are among the most beautiful and sought-after in the world. To search for the crystals you need a fee-based permit from the municipality.
Web links
- Piz Giuv on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Piz Giuv on top-of-uri.ch ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2008 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.
- ↑ Description of a summer tour from the Oberalp Pass
- ↑ The Piz Giuv in summer on etzlihuette.ch ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 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.
- ↑ The Piz Giuv in winter on etzlihuette.ch
- ↑ Tour descriptions on hikr.org
- ↑ The mineral deposits in Val Giuv ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
