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Piz Morteratsch

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Elevation
  
3,751 m

Prominence
  
321 m

Parent range
  
Bernina Range

First ascent
  
11 September 1858

Parent peak
  
Piz Bernina

Mountain range
  
Alps, Bernina Range

Piz Morteratsch wwwsummitpostorgimagesmedium40723jpg

Listing
  
Mountains of Switzerland

Easiest route
  
North flank and ridge (F)

Similar
  
Piz Bernina, Piz Palü, Piz Roseg, Bellavista, Piz Tschierva

Piz Morteratsch (3,751 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland. It is bordered on the east by the Morteratsch Glacier and on the south-west by the Tschierva Glacier.

Map of Piz Morteratsch, 7504 Samedan, Switzerland

One of the easiest mountains in the range to climb, the normal route follows that taken by the first ascentionists C. Brügger and P. Gensler with guides Karl Emmermann and Angelo Klaingutti on 11 September 1858. Three of its ridges present greater difficulties and are highly regarded:

  • South-south-east ridge (D/D+), first ascent P. J. H. Unna with guides, 1903
  • East-north-east ridge (AD), first ascent of complete ridge, Paul Schucan and A. Pfister, 10 October 1908 (the upper section had been climbed by Max Schintz with guides Alois Pollinger and his son Josef Pollinger of St. Niklaus in the canton Valais in August 1892)
  • South-west ridge, (AD), first ascent by T. H. Philpott and Mrs Philpott with guides Peter Jenny and Alexander Fleury in September 1868

    • The mountain is served by the Boval hut (2,495 m, open 15 March–15 May and 15 June–15 October) and the Tschierva Hut (2,573 m, open end of March–15 May and 15 June–15 October).

    References

    Piz Morteratsch Wikipedia
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