Piz Forbesch

Piz Forbesch, taken from Piz Mez

Steinmann on the Piz Forbesch.bdep2

The Piz Forbesch (Romansh, in the idiom Surmiran for scissors ) is a mountain west of Mulegns in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland with a height of 3'261, 8 m above sea level. M. Thanks to the deep col between the Piz Forbesch and the Forbesch Pintg ( 3'202 m ) in the south, the mountain gets the shape of a pair of scissors and is easy to identify. Thanks to its dominance it offers, especially towards the west, an extraordinary long-distance views of the Bernese and Valais Alps (Monk, Dufour tip or 149.5 km away White Horn ).

Location

The Piz Forbesch is the highest peak of the Forbesch - Arblatsch massif, a subset of the above Kamnik Alps. About the Summit, the municipal boundary between Riom- Parsonz and Mulegns runs.

Among the neighboring peaks include the Piz Arblatsch, the Piz Platta, the Forbesch Pintg, the Piz Piz Mez and Cagniel.

Valley location is Mulegns. Common starting points are radon and Tga.

Bauer rule

A widespread, Romanesque farmer usually Above stone says: Mett'igl Piz Forbesch se igl tgappi, Lasha la Fotsch e pegl'igl rasti, which literally means " the Piz Forbesch Sets a cap on, let the scythe and take the rake ". This means that bad weather follows when the Piz Forbesch is cloudy.

Routes to the summit

About the Northeast Ridge

  • Starting point: Tga ( 1,927 m) or Mulegns ( 1'482 m)
  • Difficulty: T5 , II, WS
  • Time: 4 hours from Tga or 5 ¾ hours from Mulegns

Due to the large south wall channel

  • Starting point: Tga ( 1,927 m) or Mulegns ( 1'482 m)
  • Via: Passing P.3176
  • Difficulty: T5 , II, WS
  • Time: 4 hours from Tga or 5 ¾ hours from Mulegns

Due to the north-west wall

  • Starting point: radon ( 1'866 m)
  • Difficulty: ZS
  • Time: 5 ½ hours

Panorama

Gallery

Looking north to the Piz Arblatsch.

Looking east to Piz d' Err, Piz Calderas and Tschima since Flix (left to right ).

Looking south to the Piz Platta.

Looking west to the Piz Alv (front) and Piz Grisch (rear).

Look at the 182 m deep Forbesch Forcella and Piz Forbesch Pintg.

Views of the Val Nandro ( ski Savognin ) Above the stone and to Lenzerheide.

First ascent Christian Klucker Bernese Alps Monte Rosa Weisshorn Piz Martegnas Tschima da Flix Piz Alv (Oberhalbstein Range)
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