Piz Kesch
| Piz Kesch | |
|---|---|
| Piz d'Es-cha | |
Alpine mountains above 3000 m | |
| Coordinates | 46°37′16.7″N 9°52′21.4″E / 46.621306°N 9.872611°E |
| Geography | |
  Piz Kesch Location in Switzerland | |
| Location | Graubünden, Switzerland |
| Parent range | Albula Alps, Rhaetian Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1846 by Johann Coaz, J. Rascher, C. Casper and J. Tscharner[3] |
Piz Kesch (
The first ascent was made 1846 by J. Coaz, J. Rascher, C. Casper and J. Tscharner.[3]
Geography
Piz Kesch is part of the mountain ridge which divides the southeastern
West of Piz Kesch lies the Albula Pass (Pass d'Alvra in Rumantsch); to the north lies the valley of
Two SAC's
Climbing history
The tower-like peak of Piz Kesch was reached for the first time on September 7, 1846, by Chr. Casper, Johann Coaz, J. Rascher, J.R. Tscharner.
According to Tuckett, they were the first to reach the highest summit:[5]
- "...we reached the summit of Piz Kesch without the slightest difficulty in 1 hour 10 m. (45 m. over snow and 25 m. up very steep but good rocks). On a second summit to the SE., which a level showed to be slightly lower than where we stood, was planted a baton; but on our peak were no traces of any previous visit. M. Coaz, I was told, had ascended Piz Kesch a few years ago, so that probably he climbed the second peak by mistake."
Hiking
A network of marked mountain paths leads to the southern, western and northern face of Piz Kesch whereas the eastern face is covered with a glacier and connected with the rest of this massif thus not accessible on hiking trails. The "Kesch-Trek"[6] leads from Dischma via the Scaletta pass towards the southwest and to the Kesch-. In the following leg the route passes the western face and reaches Chamanna d'Es-Cha hut via Fuorcla Pischa, lying already in the southern face of Piz Kesch.
Panorama
(view as a 360° interactive panorama)
See also
- List of mountains of Switzerland
- List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Lukmanier Pass (1,915 m).
- ^ Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is northwest of Piz Tschierva.
- ^ a b Braham, Trevor, When the Alps Cast Their Spell: Mountaineers of the Alpine Golden Age, Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd, 2004.
- ^ Alpengipfel und Erstersteiger erstersteiger.de. Retrieved 2010-02-12
- ^ Alpine Club (London),The Alpine journal, Volume 1, p. 381
- ^ Hiking Switzerland, Graubünden; Kesch Trek on Graubünden Ferien (official Tourism Board)(partly german)[permanent dead link]