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| Page Type: Mountain/Rock Location: Grisons / Graubünden, Switzerland, Europe Lat/Lon: 46.75868°N / 9.96185°E Activities: Mountaineering, Skiing Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Elevation: 10121 ft / 3085 m | Page By: Cyrill Created/Edited: Jun 25, 2008 / Jun 20, 2009 Object ID: 415513 Hits: 850 Loading... Page Score: 88.77% - 13 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
In Memory of Cyrill Rüegger 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.OverviewThe Flüela-Wisshorn 3085m is a mountain in the east of the Flüela alpine pass 2383m (Flüelapass). The mountain is near the villages of Davos and Susch and is located in the Rhaetian Alps and the Albula Group. The Flüela-Wisshorn 3085m is in winter and summer often mounted, it is a classic ski tour. In the north is the small glacier "Jörigletscher", he melts fast as many other glaciers in the Alps too. At the foot of the glacier, on finds the beautiful mountain lakes Jöriseen, a wild romantic area.
 Lonely planet: Flüela Wisshorn 3085m
Route & Difficulty:Summer route:
One can start on the "Flüela pass Hospice 2383m" - on a mountain path to "Wägerhus 2207m" and to the "Winterlücke 2787m" - without away to the jöri-glacier (Jörigletscher) to the beginning of the northeast ridge - over this ridge (easy climbing UIAA I-II) to the summit of Flüela-Wisshorn 3085m.
Difficulty: WS- (PD-) or T5
Winter/spring route with ski:
In winter the pass is closed. one can start by the guest-house Tschuggen and goes to the "Winterlücke 2787m" and to the jöri-glacier (Jörigletscher). Ski depot at the beginning of the northeast ridge and on foot over this ridge (easy climbing UIAA I-II) to the summit of Flüela-Wisshorn 3085m.
Difficulty: ZS- (AD-) ¦ Route: 548a ¦ 1120 metres in altitude
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Online maps for Switzerland:
www.mapplus.ch
Map Search - Online Maps
Getting ThereBy public transport:
With the SBB and RHB-Train from Chur to the village Davos. From Davos to the Flüela pass Hospice you have to take a taxi.
Online train schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule
(Switzerland has one of the world's best public transport systems)
By car:
In Summer and autumn time, you can drive on the top of Flüela pass 2383m. In the winter this pass is close. (usually from November).
From the City Chur take the road to Davos and follow the signs to Flüela pass.
Online route scheduler: route scheduler in english and TCS.ch
AccommodationVarious hotels in Davos: www.davos.ch
Guest-house Tschuggen at Flüela pass: www.tschuggen.ch
Weather, climate and snow conditions in SwitzerlandFederal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Meteo News.ch
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos: www.slf.ch
Weather SFDRS
External LinksSwitzerland Tourism: www.myswitzerland.com
Gisons Tourism: www.graubünden.ch
Davos tourism - Link: www.davos.ch
Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch
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