Alps - Eastern Part
In Memory of Cyrill Rüegger
A note from the SP staffCyrill Rüegger, the member we all used to know as Cyrill and Digitalis, died on June 13th 2009 in an avalanche on the summit ridge of Piz Palü together with his wife Tanja and a common friend. They were swept down by the avalanche into a couloir underneath the east summit and died instantly. Their bodies were retrieved from the Palü Glacier by helicopter a day after the accident.
Cyrill joined SP in March 2006 and soon was one of the most prolific contributors on the site with almost 70 mountain and 5 range pages to his profile. He was an accomplished climber, bagging almost 1000 summits in not quite seven years. Among them are 35 4000ers and 272 3000ers, almost all of them in his home country Switzerland.
While contributing a lot on SP, Cyrill's real internet home was www.hikr.org where he contributed 585 mountain profiles and reports in his native language German. Cyrill also posted on www.bergsteigen.at and other climbing sites, often under his real name but also under the pseudonym Digitalis. He was a botanist by profession and also contributed his knowledge about medical plants to different websites. Cyrill will be greatly missed by all.
This page will be kept in honour of Cyrill, one of SP's most prolific members and most active mountaineers.
Rest in peace, brother!
The picture above was taken on the summit of Matterhorn on July 28th 2007.
Overview
The Bellavista is between the Piz Palü 3901m and the Piz Zupo 3996m, on the Boarder Switzerland / Italy. Bellavista are in the Bernina GroupBellavista has "four Peaks", the main peak is 3922m high. The Mountain is nearby the hamlet Morteratsch in Switzerland and Barchi in Italy. Bellavista is surrounded by two large glacier named "Vadret da Morteratsch" and "Altipiano di Fellaria", with big and dangerous crevasses. Bellavista is a popular mountain in summer as well as in spring with ski.
If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact me at: cyrill74@gmx.ch
Bellavista 3922m
Route & Difficulty
The normal route from Switzerland:Boval-Hut or Hotel Diavolezza - Fortezza ridge / Fortezza 3482m - Fuorcla Bellavista - Bellavista. Eminently beautiful is the exceeding over all four peaks, with descent to the Marco e Rosa Hut 3597m.
Difficulty: WS (PD) (take care of the large crevasses!)
Ski tour route:
Boval Hut - Isla Persa - Fortezza ridge / Fortezza 3482m - Bellavista 3922m. Difficulty: ZS, 1400 metres in altitude, Route no.748a & 748b
The normal route from Italy:
Bivacco Pansera 3549m - Altipiano di Fellaria - Fuorcla Bellavista 3688m - Bellavista 3922m. > On the Italy side, i guess the crevasses are not so large.
Difficulty: L-WS (F-PD)
Accommodations
- Boval-Hut 2495m (Chamanna da Boval) >Link: Boval Hut- Bivouac Pansera 3549m >Link: Pansera
- Marco e Rosa Hut 3597m >Link: Marco e Rosa Hut
- Hotel Diavolezza 2973m >Link: Diavolezza & Diavolezza Magic
- Marinelli Hut 2813m >Link: Marinelli Hut
Boval Hut 2495m
Getting there
By public transport:SBB & RHB-railway from St.Moritz to the railway station Morteratsch
Online train&bus schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule
By car:
From Switzerland:
Above the Julierpass 2284m (Pass dal Güglia) or the Berninapass 2307m (Passo del Bernina)
When you go to the Guesthouse Diavolezza 2973m, take Cable car up, from Bernina-Diavolezza 2093m (car park and railway station)
From Italy:
for the Central range follow the road for Campo Moro
near the dam of Campo Moro the starting point of the paths to
- Bivouac Pansera 3549m
- Rifugio Marinelli 2813m
- Rifugio Marco e Rosa (3597m)
Online Route scheduler: route scheduler in english and TCS.ch
Books & Maps
Guidebook summer:Bündner Alpen 5
Pierino Giuliani
Guidebook winter / ski tour:
Skitouren Graubünden
Vital Eggenberger
Online map for Switzerland:
www.mapplus.ch
Map Search - Online Maps
Links
Guesthouse DiavolezzaTourism St.Moritz
Switzerland Tourism: www.myswitzerland.com
Gisons Tourism: www.graubünden.ch
Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch
Weather conditions in Switzerland & Italy
Federal Office of Meteorology and ClimatologyWeather SFDRS
Meteo News.ch
Freemeteo
