Piz Cambrialas

Piz Cambrialas (3,208 m) is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the Val Russein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Piz Cambrialas
Piz Cambrialas Location in Switzerland
Highest point
Elevation	3,208 m (10,525 ft)
Prominence	364 m (1,194 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Düssi
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	46°47′22″N 8°51′07″E
Geography
Location	Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent range	Glarus Alps
Climbing
First ascent	North summit: 1866 by Utterson Kelso and Ambros Zgraggen South summit: 1905 by Fritz Weber and Josmarie Indergand[2]

The mountain lies in the range between the Maderanertal and the Val Russein and has two summits of nearly-identical height separated by a ca. 100 m deep saddle. The north summit (3,205 m) is 100 m southeast of the watershed and the border with the canton of Uri. It can be relatively easily ascended over the Ober Hüfifirn glacier.

The 3 m higher south summit can be reached in about an hour over the ridge connecting the summits, via a 6-hour scramble over the south ridge, or via the east ridge with up to UIAA IV+ climbing.^[3] The rarely visited true summit reportedly was only reached in 1905, very late for a mountain in the Alps and 39 years after the north summit had been scaled.^[2]

References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Fuorcla da Cavrein (2,844 m).
2. Hugo Nünlist, Das Maderanertal einst und jetzt, p. 194, Murbacher-Verlag, Fritz Ineichen, 1968
3. Toni Fullin, SAC-Clubführer Urner Alpen Ost, 1992

External links

• Piz Cambrialas on Hikr