Piz Tschütta

Stammerspitze (right) and Muttler (left) from the northwest

The Stammerspitze ( 3'254 m above sea level. M. ), also known as Stammer Spitz and Piz Tschütta, is the second highest mountain in the Samnaun Group and is located on the territory of the commune of Samnaun in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Location

The Stammerspitze is located about three kilometers north- west of the Muttlers, the highest of 3294 m mountain in the Samnaun group. To the west lies the Val Chöglias, south of the Val Tiatscha, two side valleys of the Val Sinestra. In the northeast, the Val Maisas, a tributary of the Samnaun extends. To the north and south of the mountain with steep cliffs, drops, northeast of the summit is still a small glacier field. In front of the main peak is located west-southwest of the 3147 m high western summit, which is sometimes also referred to (as opposed to the main summit Stammer Spitz ) alone as Piz Tschütta.

Geology

The base of the Stammerspitze is formed of rocks of the Grisons slate. These include limestone, calcareous shale, slate, sandstone, breccias and conglomerates, which are largely derived from the Cretaceous, but partly both older and younger formations may be involved. The resting, by a sharp boundary layer separated from Bündnerschiefer peak construction is made of blue-gray dolomite rock, which is very susceptible to debris formation. In particular, the problem caused by climate change thawing of the permafrost favors this further, so that the ascent of the mountain due to the increasing stone shock becomes more dangerous. In this limestone that comes from Black Jura and Trias, many fossils, especially to find ammonites.

Way to the summit

The Stammerspitze is considered relatively difficult and rarely bestiegener mountain. The normal route, which leads from Zuort in Val Sinestra on the south side by the Middle Couloir to the summit, has the difficulty level II ( UIAA ). The path through the East Couloir is more difficult with III, a variant via the East Ridge (IV). The route over the Western Couloir includes the exposed ridge between West and main peak (III) and is therefore committed rare. The west summit can be reached via beyond the Farrar - Couloir or the direct Südsporn (II). Other trails lead over the North and East Ridge (III ) and on the west ridge (IV). The route via the north ridge is accessible in a variant of the Val Sinestra as a ski tour.

History

The first attempts at the first ascent Stammerspitze are by A. Arquint and later Gustav Groeger (1879 ) known who sought a way on the northwest flank.

In 1881 the Englishman John Percy Farrar, a native of the Kaunertal Alois Praxmarer and Prince Henry of Montague could reach the lower west summit. The higher eastern summit of Stammerspitze was first climbed on August 16, 1884 a native of Leipzig Professor K. Schulze together with Johann Nell and Seraphim Kuppelwieser.