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
Elevation3,208 m (10,525 ft)
Prominence364 m (1,194 ft) [1]
Parent peakDüssi
Coordinates46°47′22″N 8°51′07″E 
Geography
LocationGraubünden, Switzerland
Parent rangeGlarus Alps
Climbing
First ascentNorth 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


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