Piz Alv (Lepontine Alps)

Val Maighels with pyramid of Piz Alv

The Piz Alv (Romansh for white tip ) is a mountain southeast of Andermatt on the border between the cantons of Ticino, Graubünden and Uri in Switzerland with a height of 2,768, 9 m above sea level. M.

The Piz Alv is a pyramid of Schrofen and debris.

Location

The Piz Alv belongs to the chain Pizzo Centrale - Piz Blas in the Gotthard massif, part of the Lepontine Alps. To the south of the mountain falls steeply into the Ticino Val Canaria. The whole north side is drained to the north- west into Unteralp Valley with the Unteralpreuss. The Grisons northeast side of Piz Alv seems to be an extension of the Val Maighels, but which is interrupted by a small step and only below this on the net since Maighels is drained to the front Rhine.

East of the ridge leads over the Passo Bornengo ( 2'631 m above sea level. M. ) Piz Borel ( 2'951, 9 m above sea level. M. ) and thence north- west to the Piz Ravetsch ( 3'007 m above sea level. M. ), respectively, to the southeast of Piz Blas ( 3'019 m above sea level. M. ). To the southwest of the ridge above La Rossa ( 2,790 m above sea level. M. ) Pizzo Barbarera ( 2'804 m above sea level. M. ), Giübin leads ( 2'776, 4 m above sea level. M. ) and Pizzo Prevat (2 '876 m above sea level. M. ) to Pizzo Centrale ( 2'999, 3 m above sea level. M. ). To the north the terrain crest leads between Unteralp and Val Maighels over Piz Badu ( 2'928, 1 m above sea level. M. ) the Oberalp Pass.

Routes to the summit

Unteralp

Also accessible in winter

  • Starting point: Vermigelhütte ( 2'047 m asl. )
  • Directions: on the northeast flank on the north ridge
  • Difficulty:?
  • Time required:? hours

Val Maighels

Also accessible in winter

  • Starting point: Maighelshütte ( 2,314 m)
  • Route: through Val Maighels on the East Ridge
  • Difficulty:?
  • Time required:?

Val Canaria

  • Starting point: Airolo ( 1,141 m)
  • Route: through the Val Canaria and possibly Cadlimohütte to the Passo Bornengo and the East Ridge
  • Difficulty:?
  • Time required:?
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