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Piz Tschierva

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Piz Tschierva
Piz Tschierva from south, from Piz Roseg, on the right Piz Morteratsch
Highest point
Elevation3,546 m (11,634 ft)
Prominence210 m (690 ft)[1]
Parent peakPiz Bernina
Naming
English translationDeer mountain
Geography
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LocationGraubünden, Switzerland
RegionCH
Parent rangeBernina Range
Climbing
First ascent18 August 1850 by Johann Coaz and party[2]
Easiest routeEast ridge, from Tschierva Hut (F)

Piz Tschierva (3,546 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, located south of Pontresina in the canton of Graubünden. It lies in the range that separates the valley of Roseg from the valley of Morteratsch, north of Piz Bernina. Its summit is located within the valley of Roseg.

Piz Tschierva lies between two glaciers named Vadret da Misaun (north) and Vadrettin da Tschierva (south). The much larger Tschierva Glacier is located at the southern foot of the mountain.

Huts

References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Forcla Tschierva (3,336 m).
  2. ^ Collomb, Robin, Bernina Alps, Goring: West Col Productions, 1988, p. 76.
  • Collomb, Robin, Bernina Alps, Goring: West Col Productions, 1988. Collomb writes: '[Piz Tschierva is] a tame mountain compared with Piz Morteratsch, but a popular and useful training walk. Easily combined in the same day with the latter.' p. 76.