Piz Toissa

Piz Toissa
	Piz Toissa with Salouf in the foreground
height	2657 m above sea level M.
location	Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland
Mountains	Oberhalbsteiner Alps
Dominance	1.5 km → Curvér Pintg da Taspegn
Notch height	310 m ↓ Furcletta
Coordinates	759.76 thousand / 165184 coordinates: 46 ° 37 '8 " N , 9 ° 31' 29" O ; CH1903: seven hundred fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty / 165184
rock	Tufa
Normal way	About Furcletta
particularities	Crater-shaped appearance
	Play media file Aerial view from Piz Toissa

The Piz Toissa is a mountain west of Salouf in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland with an altitude of 2657 m above sea level. M. He is separated from CURVER massif by the dip of Furcletta. It is particularly noticeable because of its volcano-like appearance.

Location and surroundings

Spherical panorama from Piz Toissa Show
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The Piz Toissa belongs to the Piz Curvér group , a subgroup of the Oberhalbsteiner Alps . It lies entirely within the territory of the municipality of Surses .

The neighboring peaks include the Piz Curvér and the Curvér Pintg da Taspegn.

To the southwest of Piz Toissa is the Marian shrine Ziteil , with its 2429 m above sea level. M. the highest pilgrimage site in the Eastern Alps .

Valley communities are Salouf and Mon . Frequent starting points are the Cre digl Lai and Munter car parks or the Ziteil pilgrimage site.

Giovanni Segantini

Landscape pictures by the painter Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899) show Piz Toissa and Piz Curvér in the background . The Senda Segantini hike, which lasts several days, combines stations from the painter's life and leads to Parsonz on the southeast flank of Piz Toissa.

Routes to the summit

Over the west ridge

Starting point: Furcletta ( 2347 m )
Difficulty: EB
Time required: ¾ hours

(See below for route to Furcletta)

Through the Val Gronda

Starting point: Salouf ( 1258 m ) or Cre digl Lai car park ( 1780 m )
Difficulty: BG-
Time required: 4¼ hours from Salouf or 2¾ hours from Cre digl Lai

Furcletta

Through the Got Grond:

Starting point: Mon ( 1231 m ), Salouf ( 1258 m ) or Munter car park ( 1860 m )
Route: Through the Got Grond, Munter
Difficulty: mountain hikers
Time required: 3¼ hours from Mon or Salouf, 1½ hours from the Munter car park

About Cre digl Lai:

Starting point: Salouf ( 1258 m ) or Cre digl Lai car park ( 1780 m )
Route: On the mountain trail to Cre digl Lai, Furcla
Difficulty: mountain hikers
Time required: 2¾ hours from Salouf, 1½ hours from the Cre digl Lai car park

panorama

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360 ° panorama from Piz Toissa

gallery

Parsonz with Salaschigns and Piz Toissa in the background.
Piz Toissa and Ziteil, taken from the eastern slope of Piz Curvér
Ascent towards Piz Toissa
Aerial view from Piz Toissa
The Plowing ( L'oorera ) by Giovanni Segantini with Piz Toissa and Piz Curvér in the background
Midday in the Alps ( Mezzogiorno sulle alpi ) by Giovanni Segantini with Piz Toissa and Piz Curvér in the background