Piz Miez / Cimalmotta
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 Piz dil Crot (left) and Piz Miez / Cimalmotta (right), taken from Lago di Lei |
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| height | 2835 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Border canton Graubünden , Switzerland / Province Sondrio , Italy | |
| Mountains | Oberhalbsteiner Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.722 km → Piz dil Crot | |
| Notch height | 63 m ↓ pass between Cimalmotta and Piz dil Crot | |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 46 ° 29 '52 " N , 9 ° 26' 3" O ( 753 179 / 151568 ) | |
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 Piz Miez, recorded from Piz dil Crot |
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The Piz Miez ( Rhaeto-Romanic for 'middle peak' from the Latin medius ) or Cimalmotta ( Italian cima , German 'summit', and motta for 'hill') is a mountain south of Innerferrera on the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Italian province Sondrio with a height of 2835 m above sea level. M. southeast of the summit is the Lago di Lei .
Location and surroundings
The Piz Miez is the northernmost peak of the Piz Timun chain, a subgroup of the Oberhalbsteiner Alps . The border between the municipality of Ferrera , Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland , and the Italian province of Sondrio runs above the summit . The Piz Miez is bordered in the west by the Val Niemet, in the north by the Ferrera valley and in the east by the Valle di Lei.
The neighboring peak in the south is the Piz dil Crot . Even further south are the Pizzo Crotto , the Piz della Palù and the Piz Timun .
The Dufourspitze, 135.8 km away, is visible to the southwest . The farthest visible point ( 45 ° 37 '48.6 " N , 7 ° 54' 51.6" O ) is located 320 meters south of the Monte Mars ( Alpi Biellesi ) on the boundary between the Valle d'Aosta and Biella ( Piedmont ) and is 151.9 km away.
To the southeast of the mountain is the Lago di Lei .
The valley is Innerferrera . A frequent starting point is the dam of the Lago di Lei.
Routes to the summit
Over the eastern slope
- Starting point: Lago di Lei dam ( 1933 m )
- Via: Alpe del Crot ( 1961 m ), Zoccas Lumbardas
- Difficulty: EB
- Time required: 2 ½ hours
- Alternative: instead of climbing over Zoccas Lumbardas directly in the fall line.
Over the north slope
No longer recommended because of the overgrown vegetation.
- Starting point: Innerferrera ( 1480 m )
- Via: Spunda Verda, Zoccas Lumbardas
- Difficulty: EB
- Time required: 4 hours
Over the south ridge
- Starting point: Innerferrera ( 1480 m ), Lago di Lei dam ( 1933 m ) or Piz dil Crot ( 2848 m )
- Via: Sattel P. 2774
- Difficulty: L
- Time required: 4 hours from Innerferrera, 2 ¾ hours from the dam or ¾ hours from Piz dil Crot
panorama
gallery
View down to the Lago di Lei
View to the south over Piz dil Crot , Pizzo Crotto , Piz della Palù to Piz Timun
literature
- Manfred Hunziker: Club guide, Bündner Alps . Obverse. 1st edition. tape III . Verlag des SAC, 1994, ISBN 3-85902-140-0 , p. 123-124 .
- National map of Switzerland, sheet 1255 Splügenpass, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2012 edition.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Schorta: How the mountain got its name . Small Rhaetian name book with two and a half thousand geographical names of Graubünden. Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur and Bottmingen / Basel 1988, ISBN 3-7298-1047-2 , p. 104 .
- ↑ Calculated 360 ° panorama ( U. Deuschle ; information ) from Piz Miez / Cimalmotta