Piz Medel

Piz Medel (center) and Glatscher da Medel / da Plattas (left)

The Piz Medel is a 3,210 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Adula Alps in Switzerland. He is the highest peak in the running in the east-west direction Piz Medel Group, a chain of three thousand, ranging from Piz Cristallina in the west to Fil Liung in the east and the glacier area of Glatscher because Medel little dominated. This chain of summits forms the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. The northern part belongs to Graubünden community Medel ( Lucmagn ), the southern part of the municipality of Ticino Blenio.

Importance

The Piz Medel is a popular winter and summer tour destination and may ( as Medel Capanna Scaletta, Capanna Motterascio, Camona da Terri, Camona ) can be easily reached by several huts. Since 2010 is an initiative of the mountain guide David Berther from Disentis to the Piz Medel a cross on the summit with summit log.

Name

The name is said to date back to the Greek and metal have to do with the previous mining activities in the Val Medel.

Geology

Geologically, the summit group around Piz Medel to the Gotthard massif, which consists mainly north of Greina from so-called altkristallinen metamorphic rocks. The Piz Medel itself is composed of gneisses eyes.

Glacier

Northwest of the summit of the Medelsergletscher ( Glatscher because Medel ) is. This glacier field that extends from the filter Liung to Piz Cristallina in a width of about three kilometers, is one of the great glacier fields of the Grison Alps. The individual lobes, which are separated by the lower peak refugi because Camutschs and Piz la Buora to about 2800m glad Glatscher because Plattas (east and middle lobes ) and Glatscher Davos la Buora (West cloth). Also on the south side is a small glacier field whose drain is considered the source of the Brenno.

National park

The Piz Medel to be part of the planned Adula. The summit would be part of the core zone of the park.

First ascent

The first ascent took place on 9 June 1865 by the Fil Liung woman Deplaci, Baptist Monn and woman Störi. This route is uncommon because of the brittle Felses on Fil Liung today.

Main routes

  • Camona da Medel - Glatscher da Medel ( Normal, L, 2.5 h)
  • Capanna Scaletta - Fuorcia sura because Lavaz - East Ridge (L, 3.5 h)
  • Other routes, usually with character WS, in the SAC - club guide Grison Alps 2

Pictures

Massif of Piz Medel from north

On the Glatscher because Medel 3000m

Looking for Fil Liung

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