Diavolezza

Diavolezza
Diavolezza Location in Switzerland
Highest point
Elevation	2,973 m (9,754 ft)
Prominence	0 m (0 ft)
Parent peak	Munt Pers
Coordinates	Coordinates: 46°24′44″N 9°57′53″E / 46.41222°N 9.96472°E / 46.41222; 9.96472
Naming
Translation	female devil (Italian)
Geography
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Grisons
Parent range	Rhaetian Alps
Topo map	Swiss Federal Office for Topography – swisstopo
Geology
Mountain type	Viewpoint

The Diavolezza is a mountain viewpoint above the Val Bernina in Graubünden. It has an altitude of 2,973 metres (9,754 ft) and is located between Munt Pers (northwest, 3,207 metres (10,522 ft)) and Piz Trovat (southeast, 3,146 metres (10,322 ft).

From Diavolezza you can see the highest peak of the Eastern Alps: the Piz Bernina and the Vadret Pers, a tributary of the Morteratsch Glacier (Vadret da Morteratsch).

The mountain can be reached by cable car from Val Bernina, the Bernina Pass valley. At the base station of the cable car on 2,093 metres (6,867 ft) there is train station Bernina Diavollezza on the Bernina Line of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB)). At the top station, there is a restaurant with a panoramic terrace, as well as a hotel offering both hotel-class and bunk-style accommodations.

The Diavolezza is one of the ski areas of the Upper Engadine (from 1'896 m to 3'066 m). The skiing area is connected to that of Piz Lagalb, which lies on the opposite side of the valley. The two areas are usually promoted as one, called Diavolezza-Lagalb. The Diavolezza-Lagalb area is known for its difficult slopes, all red and black, as well as the good snow conditions lasting often as long as May. Especially popular is the difficult 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) slope down the Morteratsch Glacier to the Morteratsch railway station (the slope on the glacier is marked and secured).

Each month at full moon, there is moonlight skiing in the evening.

“La Diavolezza” – The beautiful she-devil

Once upon a time, many, many years ago, there lived on high a magnificent mountain fairy-queen. She lived in her mountain stronghold high up between Chapütschöl and Munt Pers, a place where, among towering crags and vast expanses of rocky scree, a deep-blue lake set among a flower-strewn mountain pasture mirrors the sunlight, where herds of sprightly chamois gambol around and graze on the lush green grass, where grouse and moorhen cluck and cackle, take flight and then elegantly glide to the ground to feed and cackle some more, where wide-eyed mountain hare daydream, then suddenly start and dash in a long-limbed gallop.