Piz Zupò
| Piz Zupò | ||
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 Piz Zupò (middle right) with Piz Argient (left) from the south |
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| height | 3996 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Switzerland / Italy border | |
| Mountains | Alps , Bernina group | |
| Dominance | 2.3 km → Piz Bernina | |
| Notch height | 405 m ↓ Fuorcla Crast 'Agüzza | |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 46 ° 22 '6 " N , 9 ° 55' 52" O ( 791 769 / 138264 ) | |
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| First ascent | L. Enderlin, Pastor Otto Serardy and Jäger Padrutt, July 9, 1863. | |
| Normal way | over the southwest ridge from the Fuorcla dal Zupò | |
| particularities | highest three-thousand meter in the Alps | |
The Piz Zupò ( ) is at an altitude of 3996 m above sea level. M. the (after the neighboring Piz Bernina ) the second highest peak of the Bernina group and the Eastern Alps . The border summit between Switzerland and Italy is located south of the Upper Engadine between Piz Argient in the west and Bellavista in the northeast. Its name comes from the Rhaeto-Romanic idiom Puter and means "hidden peak" - in the north it is covered by the Bellavista, so that it is only visible at close range. The ascent via the normal route is a simple climb from Fuorcla dal Zupò ( , 3846 m ) over the southwest ridge . It is also possible to cross the mountain from Piz Argient to Bellavista or vice versa. The Piz Zupò is considered to be the highest three-thousand-meter peak in the Alps. From Pontresina the Piz Zupò was climbed for the first time on July 9, 1863 over the Morteratsch Glacier . The successful rope team included L. Enderlin, the pastor Otto Serardy and a hunter named Padrutt. At the top they left a strip of paper with their names under a plate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Piz Zupò on Peakbagger.com (English)
- ↑ L. Enderlin in: Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club , first year, Bern 1864, p. 266 ff.
