Piz Scalottas

Piz Scalottas

The Piz Scalottas ( 2'323 m ) is a mountain in Lenzerheide in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is located on the territory of the municipality Scharans.

The Piz Scalottas was in the 1980s, the focus of the Swiss Ski Championships. At the FIS Ski World Cup Women's track Downhill and Super - G were regularly organized since 1995. The particularly steep starting at Piz Scalottas and topologically challenging route called on the Skirennsportlern lot from. The International Ski Federation announced in 2001 that the route no longer meet the requirements of a modern world-cup slope is sufficient when it led to the construction of the track Silvano Beltrametti from Rothorn to Parpan.

The mountain is accessible from several sides by excellent hiking trails (Grade T2). From Lenzerheide / Val Sporz also results from a 3 -seater chairlift Lenzerheide cable cars to the intermediate station Tgantieni ( 1,750 m ) with the catering establishments Mountain Restaurant Acla Grischuna and hotel / restaurant Tgantieni. From there you get a further chair lift 8-minute drive to the mountain restaurant Piz Scalottas with a panoramic view of the Lenzerheide, Above the stone, the Heinz mountain, the Domleschg and parts of Surselva.

Due to the topological ideal location is on the Piz Scalottas a mobile radio system (GSM ) with very little overall performance.

Source

• Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Touring / Grison Alps, publisher of the SAC 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0, p 277