Pizzo Prevat
| Pizzo Prevat | ||
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 Unteralp with Pizzo Prevat on the far right |
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| height | 2876 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Border canton Uri / canton Ticino | |
| Mountains | Gotthard Group , Lepontine Alps | |
| Dominance | 1.2 km → Pizzo Centrale | |
| Notch height | 76 m ↓ Rotstocklücke | |
| Coordinates | 691 293 / 158744 | |
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| rock | Gneiss | |
| Age of the rock | late Ordovician - Llandovery | |
| First ascent | July 29, 1892 | |
The Pizzo Prevat is 2876 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Gotthard group of the Lepontine Alps . It lies on the border between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Ticino . To the northwest, northeast and south it sends pronounced ridges. On older maps it still bears the name Piz Prevot .
Location and surroundings
The Pizzo Prevat is located in the ridge southeast of the Rotstocklücke . The Lower Schatzfirn Glacier extends north of the summit . Neighboring peaks of the Prevat are in the course of the northeast ridge the 2858 m high Rotstock , northwest across the Rotstocklücke the Pizzo Centrale with 3000 m altitude and south-southwest, separated by the Passo della Sella , the Giübin ( 2776 m ). To the southwest the terrain slopes down to Lago della Sella , the Gotthard Pass is a good five kilometers to the west as the crow flies .
Tourist development
The Pizzo is easy to master for experienced mountain hikers, climbs are possible over the three ridges. The south ridge was first documented on July 29, 1892 by William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge and the mountain guide Christian Almer junior . From the Ospizio San Gottardo , at an altitude of 2091 m in the west, an ascent over the western flank is possible in three hours of walking.
Literature and map
- Hunziker, Brandt, Brenna: SAC -Clubführer Gotthard , Bern 1995, ISBN 3-85902-149-4
- National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000, sheet 1232, Oberalp Pass
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club, 28th year, Bern 1893, p. 122 f.
- ↑ Hunziker, Brandt, Brenna: SAV-Clubführer Gotthard, Bern 1995, p. 250 f.