Sosto
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Matterhorn of the Blenio Valley
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 Sosto above Olivone |
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| height | 2221 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Ticino , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Adula Alps | |
| Dominance | 1.5 km → Stanga (Torrone di Nav) | |
| Notch height | 524 m ↓ Passo Muazz | |
| Coordinates | 716055 / 156295 | |
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| Type | Rock peaks | |
| rock | Gneiss, slate | |
| Normal way | From Passo Muazz over the eastern slope and the northeast ridge | |
 View from Lago Retico down to Sosto |
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The Sosto is a 2221 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Blenio valley in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . It towers above the village of Olivone , which is around 900 meters at the southwestern foot of the mountain, and the village of Campo ( 1215 m above sea level ) in the northwest.
construction
The Sosto, a prominent and isolated rock pyramid, is also called the Matterhorn of the Blenio Valley . It got this nickname because of its distinctive shape with the steeply sloping west and south slopes. The north and east sides of the side valleys Val Luzzone and Val Carasino are less steep.
At the foot of the west face , the Brenno has created the narrow Gola del Sosto gorge between Sosto and the Töira mountain range ( Pizzo Rossetto , 2099 m above sea level ). The old road Vecchia Strada del Sosto to Campo, which leads through the gorge, has been replaced by a tunnel.
The sosto consists of gneiss . Parts of the mountain, so the summit region, are made of slate . The blue-gray limestone mica schist with silica lime and marble layers even gives its name to a sub-unit (4th order) in the geology of the Alps. The Sosto slate belongs to the Bündner slate .
Access
A material cable car leads from Olivone to Alp Compietto on the southern slope ( 1570 m above sea level ). From there, a path leads north along the eastern flank of the mountain to the Lago di Luzzone reservoir ( 1609 m above sea level ). It crosses the Muazz pass ( 1697 m above sea level ), which can also be reached by car from Lago di Luzzone.
The easiest ascent is from Pass Muazz , where an unmarked path climbs steeply to the northeastern upstream side summit ( 2102 m above sea level ). In the last stretch to the summit there is rock to be crossed. The level of difficulty is given as T4 to T5.
Varia
The sosto is shown schematically in red on the Olivone coat of arms.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Deiss: Mountain of Fate and Himmelsausge . Book on Demand, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-8391-8833-0 ( excerpts from Google Books ).
- ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 1: Aa - Emmengruppe . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1902, p. 411, keyword Campo ( scan of the lexicon page ).
- ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5: Switzerland - Tavetsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1908, p. 642, keyword Sosto ( scan of the lexicon page ).
- ↑ Federal Office for Topography swisstopo (ed.): Geology data model . Wabern October 2012 ( geologieportal.ch [PDF; accessed on May 14, 2019]).
- ↑ G. Trucco: tunnel construction through triass layers - some examples and experiences . In: Swiss Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Technology (Hrsg.): Publications of the Swiss Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Technology . Tunnel construction - Lectures, held at the spring conference from 25./26. March 1966 in Baden, No. 66 , 1969 ( PDF [accessed May 14, 2019]).
- ↑ Federal Office of Topography swisstopo (Ed.): Assessment of the collective profiles and the derived host rocks as well as the basis for the derivation of siting areas in the sectoral plan for deep geological repositories . Expert report. Wabern February 1, 2010 ( PDF ).
- ↑ Olivone. In: Comune di Blenio. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2013 (Italian): "Olivone si estende ai piedi del Sosto - montagna fieramente ripresa nello stemma che dona particolare fascino alla zona"