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 Scalettahorn 3068m is a mountain in the Rhaetian Alps and the Albula Group. This mountain is located in Switzerland, in the Swiss canton Grisons (Graubünden).
Scalettahorn is at the end of the Dischma-valley (Dischmatal) and is close-by the village Davos and the hamlet Dürrboden 2007m. To the north of the mountain you find the glacier "Scaletta Gletscher" and in the southeast the "Vadret Vallorgia" - just a little and harmless glacier. Scalettahorn is a popular mountain in summer as well as in spring with ski.
Route & DifficultySummer route:
The most favorable way:
Start in Davos/Dürrboden 2007m and go on a hiking trail to the Scaletta pass 2606m. Eastward to the point 3051m and along to the small glacier "Vadret Vallorgia". Over the southeast flank to the summit of Scalettahorn 3068m.
Difficulty: L (F) or T4-T5
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Ski tour route:
With ski one goes the same route as in the summer. See above.
Difficulty: WS (PD) ¦ Route: 536c ¦ 1060 metres in altitude
Online maps for Switzerland:
www.mapplus.ch
Map Search - Online Maps
AccommodationsGrialetsch hut 2542m - Link: www.chamanna da Grialetsch
Guesthouse Dürrboden 2003m - Link: guesthouse duerrboden
Getting ThereBy public transport:
SBB & RHB-railway from Chur to Davos. Change to the Davoser-bus to the Dischma valley. The bus drives in summertime to Dürrboden 2003, the starting point for the Scalettahorn.
Online train&bus schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule
By car:
From Chur to the village Davos and into the Dischma valley, drive until Dürrboden 2003 (car park).
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
Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch Images
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