Piz Turba
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 Piz Turba (right), taken by Juf |
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| height | 3018 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Oberhalbsteiner Alps | |
| Dominance | 1.597 km → Piz Piot | |
| Notch height | 253 m ↓ Juferjoch | |
| Coordinates | 766 607 / 142181 | |
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 Piz Turba (left) and Piz Forcellina (middle), taken near the Septimerpass . |
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 Steinmann on the Piz Turba |
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The Piz Turba ( Rhaeto-Romanic from the Franconian turba for ' peat ') is a mountain south of Juf and north of Bergell in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland with a height of 3,018 m above sea level. M. The proximity to Juf and the ski area of Bivio he is a popular, easy-to-reach mountain ski tours.
Location and surroundings
The Piz Turba belongs to the Piz Turba - Piz Scalotta chain , a subgroup of the Oberhalbsteiner Alps . The municipal boundaries between Avers , Surses and Bregaglia meet at the summit . The Piz Turba is bordered in the north by the Juferalpa, in the east by the Val Turba and in the south-west by the Val Lunga.
To the neighboring peaks of include Piz Forcellina , the Piz Mäder , the Piz Piot , the gray horns and the Juferhorn .
Valley locations are Juf and Casaccia . A frequent starting point in winter is the mountain station of the Bivio sports facilities.
Routes to the summit
Summer routes
Over the turbo glacier
The Turbo Glacier has receded to a small patch of snow at the northwest foot of Piz Forcellina
- From Bivio over the Alp da Sett to the cross just before the Septimerpass ( 2268 m ), then to the right to the Forcellina
- From Casaccia through the Val Maroz over the Septimerpass ( 2310 m ) and then to the Forcellina
- From Juf to Forcellina
- Difficulty: EB , marked as a white-red-white hiking trail to Forcellina .
- Time required (1 hour from the Forcellina, 2 hours from the Septimerpass):
- 4½ hours from Bivio
- 4½ hours from Casaccia
- 2¾ hours from Juf
Through the Val Turba
- Starting point: Casaccia ( 1458 m )
- Via: Septimerweg to P. 2189, then through the Val Turba to the ridge between Piz Forcellina and Piz Turba, then onto the north slope
- Difficulty: BG
- Time required: 4½ hours
Over the south ridge
- Starting point: Casaccia ( 1458 m )
- Via: P. 2870 (ridge between Piz Turba and Piz Mäder), then via the south ridge (bypass individual peaks on the left)
- Difficulty: BG
- Time required: 4½ hours
Over the west ridge
- Starting point: Casaccia ( 1458 m ) or Juf ( 2117 m )
- Via: Juferjoch ( 2765 m )
- Difficulty: EB
- Time required: 5¼ hours from Casaccia or 2¾ hours from Juf (¾ hours from Juferjoch)
Winter routes
From Mot Scalotta
- Starting point: mountain station of the Bivio sports facilities ( 2560 m )
- Via: Leg Curegia ( 2594 m ), Forcellina ( 2672 m ) to the west ridge of Piz Turba. Ski depot not far from the summit
- Exposures: NE, SE
- Difficulty: WS
- Time required: 2 hours
From Bivio
- Starting point: Bivio ( 1769 m )
- Via: Tgavretga, Forcellina
- Exposures: N, NE
- Difficulty: WS
- Time required: 4½ hours
- Note: Chosen primarily as a departure route.
From Juf
- Starting point: Juf ( 2117 m )
- Via: Along the summer route, first steeply to almost Fuorcla da la Valletta (P. 2566), then also steeply to Forcellina ( 2672 m )
- Exposures: NE, W
- Difficulty: ZS-
- Time required: 3½ hours
- Note: Not very suitable as a descent
Departure to Juf
Impressive steep descent, which requires absolutely safe conditions (35–40 ° at 400 m ), the entrance to the couloir up to 45 °. The couloir is not easy to find from above.
panorama
gallery
Piz Turba, recorded by the Forcellina.
Looking east at Casaccia .
Looking north to Juf .
Looking south to the dam of Lake Albigna .
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literature
- Manfred Hunziker: Club guide, Bündner Alps . Obverse. 1st edition. tape III . Verlag des SAC, 1994, ISBN 3-85902-140-0 , p. 221-222 .
- Vital Eggenberger: Ski tours Graubünden South . Verlag des SAC, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-301-7 , pp. 84-86 .
- National map of Switzerland, sheet 1276 Val Bregaglia, 1: 25,000, Federal Office of Topography, 2009 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. 145 .