Crast' Agüzza

Crast' Agüzza

View from Rifugio Marco e Rosa (north side)
Highest point
Elevation 3,854 m (12,644 ft)
Prominence 149 m (489 ft)[1]
Parent peak Piz Zupò
Coordinates 46°22′50″N 9°54′25″E / 46.38056°N 9.90694°E / 46.38056; 9.90694Coordinates: 46°22′50″N 9°54′25″E / 46.38056°N 9.90694°E / 46.38056; 9.90694
Naming
Translation Pointed peak
Geography
Crast' Agüzza

Location in the Alps

Location Lombardy, Italy / Graubünden, Switzerland
Parent range Bernina Range
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent 17 July 1865 by Johann Jakob Weilenmann, J. A. Specht, Franz Pöll and Jakob Pfitschner via west ridge
Easiest route East ridge–west ridge traverse from Marco e Rosa Hut (PD+)

Crast' Agüzza ( [ˌkraʃtɐˈdʑytsɐ] , known also as Cresta Güzza) (3,869 m) is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Italy and Switzerland.

The peak is bounded to the north by the Morteratsch Glacier and to the south by the Upper Scerscen Glacier. To its immediate north-west lies the Fuorcla Crast' Agüzza (3,601 m); according to Collomb, this is 'the most important glacier pass across the central Bernina Alps; comparable in position with Col du Géant in the Mont Blanc range.'[2] The first party to reach the pass (from the north) comprised E. S. Kennedy and J. F. Hardy, with guides Peter and F. Jenny and A. Flury, on 23 July 1861. The first party to travese the col comprised Francis Fox Tuckett and E. N. Buxton together with guides Peter Jenny, Christian Michel and Franz Biner on 28 July 1864.[3]

The usual ascent is made via the rocky east ridge from the Fuorcla da l'Argient. This route was first ascended by Emil Burckhardt with Hans Grass and Peter Egger in August 1874.[4]

The mountain is known locally as the Engadin Matterhorn.

Huts

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Fuorcla da l'Argient (3,705 m).
  2. Collomb, Robin, Bernina Alps, Goring: West Col Productions, 1988, p. 51
  3. Bernina Alps, p. 51.
  4. Bernina Alps, p. 50

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.