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Piz Albris 3165m
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Piz Albris 3165m 

Page Type: Mountain/Rock

Location: Grisons / Graubünden, Switzerland, Europe

Lat/Lon: 46.44164°N / 10.00580°E

Activities: Mountaineering, Skiing

Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Elevation: 10384 ft / 3165 m

 

Page By: Cyrill

Created/Edited: Jul 17, 2008 / Aug 23, 2008

Object ID: 422008

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Overview

Piz Albris 3165m is a mountain in the eastern part of Switzerland, in the canton Grisons (Graubünden). Located in the Rhaetian Alps and the Livigno Alps. The mountain is in the valley Bernina (Val Bernina) and the valley da Fain (Val da Fain). Piz Albris is close by the Bernina pass 2328m and the nearest village is Pontresina and the famous St.Moritz. Around the mountain has some beautiful lakes: Lej d’Albris, Lej Languard, Lej da Pischa and Lej da Prüna (Lej means lake).

 
Piz Albris 3165m

Route & Difficulty

Summer route:

Start at the Bernina pass road, in Bernina Diavolezza 2093m. On goes into the Val da Fain (valley da Fain) and next to the "Fuorcla Pischa 2837m". By the Fuorcla Pischa you go without away, arduous over many stones and blocks, over the south flank, to the summit of Piz Albris 3165m.


Difficulty: L or T5

Winter/Spring route with ski:


Start at the Bernina pass road, in Bernina Diavolezza 2093m. On goes into the Val da Fain (valley da Fain) and next to the "Fuorcla Pischa 2837m". By the Fuorcla Pischa you go over the south flank, to the summit of Piz Albris 3165m

Getting There

By public transport:

SBB & RHB-railway from Chur to St.Moritz and to the railway station Bernina Diavolezza.

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


By car:

Above the Julierpass 2284m (Pass dal Güglia) or the Berninapass 2307m (Passo del Bernina) until Bernina Diavolezza.


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


Accommodations

The best, you can stay on the Bernina pass: In the Bernina pass Hospice

Link: www.bernina-hospiz.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

Switzerland tourism: www.myswitzerland.com

Gisons tourism: www.graubünden.ch

Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch

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