Piz Lunghin

Piz Lunghin from her Lunghinpass

Watershed point at the pass Lunghin in Maloja

The Piz Lunghin is a 2,780 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the canton of Graubünden ( Switzerland ). It is located about two kilometers northwest of the Maloja Pass in the field of political community Bregaglia.

Routes

From the pass Lunghin leads a marked trail to the Piz Lunghin. The pass is easily reached from all four directions by foot. The famous three-hour climbs are directly from Maloja (South- East) and the Bivio over the Septimerpass (north). In winter, the Piz Lunghin is a more rewarding ski touring mountain.

Special

Piz Lunghin lies with the Lunghin Pass ( 2,645 m), the most important watershed point in Central and Western Europe, as here, the watershed between the three major seas that surround Europe, meeting (European watershed ). The water flows through the following waters:

• To the north: Gelgia / Julia - Albula - Hinter Rhine - Rhine - North Sea / Atlantic Ocean
• To the south: Maira / Mera - Lago di Como - Adda - Po - Adriatic / Mediterranean
• To the east: En / Inn - Danube - Black Sea

About the Lunghin pass also performs the distance footpath Senda Segantini connecting the foci of the late work of the painter Giovanni Segantini.