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Piz Sarsura 3178m
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Piz Sarsura 3178m 

Page Type: Mountain/Rock

Location: Grisons / Graubünden, Switzerland, Europe

Lat/Lon: 46.72198°N / 9.92477°E

Elevation: 10426 ft / 3178 m

 

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Created/Edited: Jun 27, 2008 / Aug 16, 2008

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Overview

The Piz Sarsura 3178m is a mountain in the Rhaetian Alps and the Albula Group. The mountain is located in the canton Grisons in Switzerland .
Nearby are the Flüela alpine pass and the Grialetsch-Hut 2542m. He has two summits, a west-summit 3178m and a east-summit 3174m.

Piz Sarsura is surrounded by two glaciers, the Glacier "Vadret da Grialetsch" in the northwest and the "Vadret da Sarsura" in the northeast.
The glaciers melt, as also at other places.

Piz Sarsura is a popular peak in the summer on foot and in the winter / spring with ski.

 
Lonely planet: Piz Sarsura 3178m


Route & Difficulty

Summer route on foot:

Grialetsch-Hut 2542m - Vadret da Grialetsch - Fuorcla Sarsura 2923m - Vadret da Sarsura - Piz Sarsura 3178m

Difficulty: L (F) or T5


Winter/Spring route with ski:

Grialetsch-Hut 2542m - Vadret da Grialetsch - Fuorcla Sarsura 2923m - Vadret da Sarsura - Piz Sarsura 3178m.

Difficulty: WS+ (PD+) ¦ Route: 541a ¦ 650 metres in altitude

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Online maps for Switzerland:

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Accommodations

Grialetsch hut 2542m - Link: www.chamanna da Grialetsch

Guesthouse Dürrboden 2003m - Link: guesthouse duerrboden

 
Grialetsch Hut 2542m




Getting There

By public transport:

SBB & RHB-railway from Chur to Davos. Change to the Davoser-bus to the Dischma valley. the bus drives to Dürrboden 2003.
The starting point for the Grialetsch hut.

Online train&bus schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule

(Switzerland has one of the world's best public transport systems)


By car:

From Chur to the village Davos and into the Dischma valley, until Dürrboden 2003. The starting point for the Grialetsch hut.


Online Route scheduler: route scheduler in english and TCS.ch




Weather, climate and snow conditions in Switzerland

Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology

Weather SFDRS

Meteo News.ch

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

Links

Davos tourism - Link: www.davos.ch

Switzerland tourism: www.myswitzerland.com

Gisons tourism: www.graubünden.ch

Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch

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