Page Type:
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Mountain/Rock |
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Lat/Lon:
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46.37372°N / 9.93221°E |
Activities:
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Mountaineering, Skiing |
Season:
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Spring, Summer |
Elevation:
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12868 ft / 3922 m |
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In Memory of Cyrill Rüegger
A note from the SP staff
Cyrill Rüegger on Matterhorn
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.
Overview
Bellavista lies in the Bernina Group, between Piz Palü (3901m) and Piz Zupo (3996m), on the border of Switzerland and Italy.Bellavista has four summits, the main one 3922 m high. The mountain is near the hamlet of Morteratsch in Switzerland and Barchi in Italy. Bellavista is surrounded by two large glaciers named "Vadret da Morteratsch" and "Altipiano di Fellaria", with big and dangerous crevasses. Bellavista is a popular mountain in summer as well as in spring with skis.
Bellavista 3922m
Route & Difficulty
The normal route from Switzerland:Boval-Hut or Hotel Diavolezza - Fortezza ridge / Fortezza 3482m - Fuorcla Bellavista - Bellavista. Eminently beautiful is the exceeding over all four peaks, with descent to the Marco e Rosa Hut 3597m.
Difficulty: WS (PD) (take care of the large crevasses!)
Ski tour route:
Boval Hut - Isla Persa - Fortezza ridge / Fortezza 3482m - Bellavista 3922m. Difficulty: ZS, 1400 metres in altitude, Route no.748a & 748b
The normal route from Italy:
Bivacco Pansera 3549m - Altipiano di Fellaria - Fuorcla Bellavista 3688m - Bellavista 3922m. > On the Italy side, i guess the crevasses are not so large.
Difficulty: L-WS (F-PD)
Accommodations
- Boval-Hut 2495m (Chamanna da Boval) >Link: Boval Hütte- Bivouac Pansera 3549m >Link: Bivacco Pansera Amadeo
- Marco e Rosa Hut 3597m >Link: Rifugio Marco e Rosa
- Hotel Diavolezza 2973m >Link: Diavolezza
- Marinelli Hut 2813m >Link: Rifugio Marinelli
Boval Hut 2495m
Getting there
By public transport:SBB & RHB-railway from St.Moritz to the railway station Morteratsch
Online train&bus schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule
By car:
From Switzerland:
Above the Julierpass 2284m (Pass dal Güglia) or the Berninapass 2307m (Passo del Bernina)
When you go to the Guesthouse Diavolezza 2973m, take Cable car up, from Bernina-Diavolezza 2093m (car park and railway station)
From Italy:
for the Central range follow the road for Campo Moro
near the dam of Campo Moro the starting point of the paths to
- Bivouac Pansera 3549m
- Rifugio Marinelli 2813m
- Rifugio Marco e Rosa (3597m)
Online Route scheduler: route scheduler in english and TCS.ch
Books & Maps
Guidebook summer:Bündner Alpen 5
Pierino Giuliani
Guidebook winter / ski tour:
Skitouren Graubünden
Vital Eggenberger
Online map for Switzerland:
Map SwitzerlandMobility
Map Search - Online Maps
Links
Guesthouse DiavolezzaTourism St.Moritz
Switzerland Tourism: www.myswitzerland.com
Gisons Tourism: www.graubünden.ch
Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch
Weather conditions in Switzerland & Italy
Federal Office of Meteorology and ClimatologyWeather SFDRS
Meteo News.ch
Freemeteo