Piz Ot

South side of Piz Ot taken from Fuorcla Crap Alv

The Piz Ot (Romansh in the Ladin idioms for " high peak ", " peak high " ) is a 3'246, 4 m above sea level. M. tall mountain in the Albula Alps in the canton of Graubünden in front Bever Valley, northwest of Samedan and west of Spina. It is the eponymous junction of the Piz Ot - group. In height he is, however, easily overlooked by Piz Güglia ( Piz Julier ) and most of the peaks of Piz - d'Err group with Piz Calderas.

Location

The Piz Ot is named after the Ot - group in turn belongs to the Albula Alps. Go from the Piz Ot from branches to the southwest and north to the Piz Piz d' Err Güglia and, to the southeast along the Val Bever to Cho d' Valletta. About the Summit, the boundary of the municipality of Samedan Bever and runs. The Piz Ot is surrounded by the Val Bever and south through the Val Valletta in the north. Direct neighboring peaks are west of the Piz de la Funtauna and east of the Crasta Spina. Other neighboring peaks are Las Trai Flours, padella Piz, Piz Spina, Piz Muottas, Cho d ' Suvretta, march Piz and Piz Saluver and to the north of the Val Bever Igl Dancler, La Piramida, Piz Bial and the Dschimels.

Valley is a Samedan, Bever and Spina in the Upper Engadine. Common starting points are Spina and Samedan and the mountain station of the chairlift at the Las Trai Flours Fuorcia Valletta.

View

Thanks to its dominance in all directions Piz Ot offers an exceptional panoramic view. Well over 800 peaks are visible on clear days with maximum visibility, including more than 350 more than 3,000 meters and 4,000 meters above three. The view extends to the Bernese and Valais Alps. In the West, for example, the above Kamnik Alps to the Piz Platta, the Adula Alps with the Güferhorn that Latelhorn in the Valais, the Sustenhorn, the Stucklistock and Dammastock in the Urner Alps, the House floor, the preliminary and the Toedi in the Glarus Alps, but also the Monteleone seen in the Lepontine Alps. The north has one view from Calanda (mountain ) on the Plessuralpen with the Arosa Rothorn and the Lenzer Horn, the Glärnisch, the Piz Ela up to Alpstein with Santis and Altmann (mountain) and the Churfirsten with the Hinterrugg and the Rätikon with the Schesaplana and the Falknis. Similarly, one can in the northeast of the Piz Kesh, the Piz Vadret and the Silvretta group with the Großlitzner, the escape horn and the Piz Linard in the Lower Engadine, the Piz Quattervals in the Swiss National Park, the Sesvennagruppe with the Piz Sesvenna and the Ötztal Alps, with the white ball and the Similaun see. In the southeast the Umbrailgruppe with the Piz Schumbraida and Piz Murtaröl, the Ortler group with the Ortler, the king tip and the Punta San Matteo and the Livigno with the Piz Paradisin ( Pizzo Paradisino ) and in the south can be seen the Bernina group. To the southwest is the clear view of the Bergeller Alps with the Pizzo Cengalo. The visible four thousand are Piz Bernina, La Spedla and Aletschhorn (Bernese Alps). The view extends into four countries ( Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein ). The more than 139 km the most distant visible peak is the Aletschhorn.

Routes to the summit

Piz Ot - way through the southeast flank

• Starting point: Samedan, Spina or the mountain station of the chairlift Las Trai Flours
• Difficulty: L
• Time: 4 ½ hours from Samedan, 4 hours Spina and 2 hours from the mountain station of the chairlift Las Trai Flours

About the south ridge

Only makes sense for gleichzeitigiger ascent of Piz de la Funtauna

• Starting point: Fuorcia Valletta ( 2'858 m)
• Difficulty: ZS-
• Time: 2 ½ hours from the Fuorcia Valletta

About the East Ridge

Little meaningful route, only when climbing the Crasta Spina interesting

• Starting point: saddle between Piz Ot and Crasta Spina ( 2'957 m)
• Difficulty: WS
• Time: 1 hour from the saddle