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| Page Type: Mountain/Rock Location: Grisons / Graubünden, Switzerland, Europe Lat/Lon: 46.68996°N / 10.23376°E Activities: Mountaineering, Skiing Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Elevation: 10249 ft / 3124 m | Page By: Cyrill Created/Edited: Sep 26, 2008 / Jun 20, 2009 Object ID: 446613 Hits: 748 Loading... Page Score: 88.93% - 17 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.OverviewPiz Nuna 3124m is a mountain in the eastern part of Switzerland, in the Swiss canton Grisons (Graubünden). He is located in the Rhaetian Alps and the Sesvenna Group. The mountain is in the northeast of the village Zernez and in the north of the Ofen mountain pass road (Ofenpass / Pass dal Fuorn). In the southeast of the mountain is the Stragliavita pass 2687m (Fuorcla Stragliavita). And it still has a small glacier in the north of the mountain, the Nuna glacier (Vadret da Nuna).
In the west of the mountain are the unique Macun - lakes. These are protected and are especially beautiful.
Route & DifficultySummer route on foot:
Best start at the Ofen mountain pass road, point "Prada Laschadura 1748m". On a hiking trail on goes into Laschadura valley (Val Laschadura), to the alp Laschadura 2000m. Further to the Stragliavita pass 2687m (Fuorcla Stragliavita). Over the southeast ridge, some part climbing on UIAA II, to the summit of Piz Nuna 3124m.
Difficulty: T4 or L (F)
Winter/Spring route with ski:
With ski one goes the same route as in the summer. See above.
Online maps for Switzerland:
www.mapplus.ch
Map Search - Online Maps
AccommodationsSeveral hotels in the village Zernez
Link:
www.Engadin/Zernez.ch
Getting ThereBy public transport:
SBB & RHB-railway from Chur to the village Zernez 1473m. With the yellow post bus until Ofen mountain pass road, point "Prada Laschadura 1748m"
Online train&bus schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule
By car:
From Chur to Davos / Klosters. In Kloster through the Vereina tunnel until Susch. Next drive to Zernez, then until Ofen mountain pass road, point "Prada Laschadura 1748m"
Online Route scheduler: route scheduler in english and TCS.ch
Weather, climate and snow conditions in SwitzerlandFederal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Weather SFDRS
Meteo News.ch
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos: www.slf.ch LinksSwitzerland Tourism: www.myswitzerland.com
Gisons Tourism: www.graubünden.ch
Engadin Tourism: www.engadin.com
Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch
For further accommodations see here: www.tourism-switzerland.ch Images
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