A note from the SP staff
Cyrill 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 Livigno Group is a mountain range in the eastern part of Switzerland and northern Italy, around the Italian village Livigno. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetia Alps and the Eastern Alps. The Livigno Group is separated from the Bernina Group in the south-west by the Bernina Pass; from the Albula Range in the north-west by the Upper Engadin valley; from the Sesvenna Range in the north-east by the Ofen Pass and Val Müstair. The northern part of the group near Ofen Pass is the strictly protected area of the Swiss National Park. In this district the languages rhaeto-romanic and italian are spoken.

Summits in the Livigno Group

Cima de Piazzi 3439m (highest mountain)
Cima Viola 3384m
Piz Paradisin 3305m
Pizzo di Dosde 3280m
Cima di Saoseo 3277m
Piz Languard 3266m
Piz Murtaröl 3177m
Piz Albris 3165m
Piz Quattervals 3157m
Cime Redasco 3139m
Piz Sena 3078m
Monte Foscagno 3051m
Pizzo del Ferro 3050m
Piz Minor 3049m
Piz Umbrail 3034m

Piz Quattervals 3165m

Alpine passes in the Livigno Group

Umbrail Pass 2512m
Bernina Pass 2330m
Forcola di Livigno 2328m
Foscagno Pass 2291m

Mountain Huts & Refuges

- Refuge Saoseo 1985m Link to Saoseo Hut

- Alpe Campo Hut 2070m Link to Alpe Campo Hut

- Cluozza Hut 1882m Link to Cluozza Hut

- Varüsch Hut 1734m Link to Varüsch Hut

- Georgy Hut 3200m Link to Georgy Hut

- Cassana Hut 2538m Link to Cassana Hut

- San Giacomo Hut 1950m Link toSan Giacomo Hut

- Monte Scale Hut 1960m Link to Monte Scale Hut

- Valle Fraele Hut 1952m Link to Valle Fraele Hut

Refuge Saoseo 1985m

Books & Map

Guidebook summer:
Bündner Alpen 10
Author: Bernard Condrau und W. Candinas

Bündner Alpen 5
Author: Pierino Giuliani

Guidebook winter / ski tour:
Skitouren Graubünden
Vital Eggenberger

Online maps of Switzerland:

www.mapplus.ch

Map Search - Online Maps

Weather Conditions

Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology

Weather in Italy: Freemeteo

Weather SFDRS

Meteo News.ch

Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos: www.slf.ch

Links

St.Moritz Tourism: St.Moritz.ch

Switzerland Tourism: www.myswitzerland.com

Engadin Tourism: www.engadin.com

Livigno Tourism: Livigno.com

Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch

Wikipedia about Livigno: Wiki Link Livgno

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