Piz Nair

For other places with the same name, see Piz Nair (disambiguation).

Piz Nair (3,056 metres (10,026 ft)) is a mountain of the Albula Alps in Switzerland, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden. The peak is easily accessible from the village with a funicular and a cable car; the upper station unloads 30 metres (100 ft) below the summit. Below the summit to the east is the Corviglia ski area.

Piz Nair
Piz Nair cable car station in 2006
Highest point
Elevation	3,056 m (10,026 ft)
Prominence	183 m (600 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Piz Ot
Coordinates	46°30′22.5″N 9°47′14.8″E
Geography
Piz Nair Location in Switzerland
Location	Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent range	Albula Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Cable car

Piz Nair

Location of Piz Nair in the Alps of Europe

The mountain hosted the alpine skiing events for the 1948 Winter Olympics in neighboring St. Moritz.^[2] It also hosted the World Championships in 1934, 1974, 2003, and 2017.

Gallery

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  The Engadin Valley from the summit
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  Corviglia intermediate station

See also

• List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport
• Corviglia
• St. Moritz–Corviglia Funicular

References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Fuorcla Schlattain (2,873 m).
2. 1948 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 6, 21. (in French and German)

External links

Media related to Piz Nair at Wikimedia Commons

• Piz Nair cable car
• Piz Nair on Hikr