Piz Buin Pitschen

Piz Buin Pitschen

View from the north with the Ochsentaler Glacier
Highest point
Elevation 3,256 m (10,682 ft)
Prominence 205 m (673 ft) [1]
Parent peak Piz Buin (Grond)
Coordinates 46°50′32″N 10°06′45″E / 46.84222°N 10.11250°E / 46.84222; 10.11250Coordinates: 46°50′32″N 10°06′45″E / 46.84222°N 10.11250°E / 46.84222; 10.11250
Geography
Piz Buin Pitschen

Location in the Alps

Location Graubünden, Switzerland
Vorarlberg, Austria
Parent range Silvretta Alps
Climbing
First ascent 24 August 1868 by C.W. Stein and his guide Christian Jann.
Easiest route glacier/snow climb

Piz Buin Pitschen is a mountain of the Silvretta Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Austria. It lies just west of the higher Piz Buin and is the second highest mountain of Vorarlberg.

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Fuorcla Buin (3,051 m)


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